"You really think you can do this, Molly? You really think that you can raise almost $20,000 in that short amount of time? And even if you do, do you really think that your going to leave everything including your loving friends and family and live in poverty for 11 months? Come on, Molly, there is no way you can do this. And besides, what makes you think you're even good enough to do this? Shouldn't good people be doing this? REAL selfless people? Get real, Molly. You're never going to do this. You're not good enough."
This is what I hear in my head sometimes. I know exactly who it's coming from and I know that I shouldn't listen to it. Sometimes I actually start believing that I could never do something like this.
And then I realize that it's true.
I can't do this. The only way I could ever do anything like this is with my Savior right by my side to empower me and strengthen me when my strength is spent.
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13
This verse is so simple, yet means so much. It doesn't say "I can do what is possible with Christ", It says I can do all things. ALL things. That includes the impossible. that includes raising an insane amount of money in a short period of time. That includes leaving everyone I love to travel around the world for almost a year. That includes living way out of my comfort zone. He is going to strengthen me. And when I think I can't do it anymore, I know that I can trust and know that He is there with me.
I'm not going to be able to do this. Not alone.
But I have a great big God who can work though me and give me strength in my time of need.
"I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. but take heart; I have overcome the world."
John 16:33
