My first entry on this World Race blog was titled “A Journey of Steps,” and it detailed each step that the Lord had put before me leading up to the call He placed on my life for this trip. I took that step of faith to leave on this trip, and He has been faithful to lead me through the past four months. Now He is once again leading me out…out of the known and into the unknown.
For me the past few days have been filled with a lot of conversations with the Lord about the future. I have been asking the Lord to reveal to me how to let go of this season while still holding onto everything valuable that I have learned, and continue to grow in the things He has been showing me. In my morning prayer time yesterday, I asked Him again, and He said to me, “Laura, it isn’t just about what you’re walking out of…
…it’s about what you’re walking into.”
That moment was such a paradigm shift for me…such a sweet and freeing revelation; I am not just giving something up. I am not just walking away from an amazing experience…I am walking into something else. Something amazing that He has appointed especially for me. I asked Him how to walk into what He has next, and He said, “all you have to do is put your hand in Mine and walk. I will direct you where I want you to go, but you have to take the next step. If your feet never move, you will stay stuck right where you are. So take the step with Me, and see where I lead.”
It is definitely not easy, and I am not necessarily looking forward to stepping through the door that will swing open on Wednesday morning. But I know that it is time. Time to say goodbyes, shed some tears and grieve a change and a loss. But also time to celebrate the amazing work that He has done in my life and in the lives of my teammates and of people around the world that I had the privilege to meet and touch with His love over the past four months.
