Change.
It's a tough word.
I like change. Little changes. Changes in my daily schedule at work. Changes in my activities during the week. Maybe even some small, exciting changes every couple of months so life doesn't get boring.
But The World Race is a BIG change.
It's not only going to change the whole year of 2013 for me, my life is going to change NOW. And I didn't realize that until now.
Today I had to tell my boss that I couldn't have a classroom at the beginning of the school year. When I was accepted for this trip I thought…Alright, I'll keep working and keep fundraising and living like I do now.
Boy, was I wrong.
I'm learning that this trip has to be my TOP prioroty until I leave, and to be honest it hasn't. I've been crazy excited about it but I haven't been focusing on it like I should be. It's not that I didn't think that money and supporters were going to come in without any work. I just thought that I could be "normal". I could have a "normal" job. I could be a "normal" young girl who could do as she pleased.
Nope.
I absolutley love my job. And it was really hard to tell my boss that I couldn't be a regular teacher in a regular classroom. I have to cut back working so much. I have to cut back on doing things that I want to do. If I want to do this, these are the sacrifices I have to make.
Romans 12:1-2 says, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will."
Not only do we have to offer our bodies, we have to sacrifice our scheudles, our comforts, and the things WE think are best for us so that we can live HIS will. And I firmly believe that The World Race is only a little part of the big plan God has for me. And I am willing to sacrifice everything for it.
