Ecclesiastes 7:8 “Finishing is better than starting.�
I read this Day 2 of being in Honduras. A lot of what our squad and team have been talking about is how to finish strong. Where, and how will we find the energy to finish this incredible journey strong and fast?
The comparison we keep making is whether we are going to be the marathon runner struggling for the finish line, or whether we will be sprinting towards it strong and conquering.
I have been praying a lot for the desire and the strength to not just finish, but sprint to the end. I know I signed up for 11 months, not 9, and I want to finish stronger than I started this thing.
It seems like God has heard and is going to help me with that. After reading the above verse He really convicted me on going all out and finishing strong. I think God also met me where I am at.
I am done doing all the ministries I have no passion for, not literally, but I don’t want to do a ministry that God hasn’t put on my heart if I can help it. For Honduras He placed me on a compound that needs a ton of manual labor and has 5-10 street boys, at any given time, on the compound who are desperate for love, and, incredibly, desperate for growth with Christ. It is perfect!
We have now been here for almost a week and technically haven’t started ministry yet, technically. I have gotten invited by one of the boys to go meet his mom, he lives on site while his mom lives in an outdoor storage unit about the size of a walk in closet, and his brother. While there, Rachel and I got to pray with their whole family, watch their mom cry in desperation for the Lord to change her life, and talk to the older brother about how he can change his life. He even asked for a bible!
I have gotten to lead one of the boys, Ariel, in a bible study twice out of the last 6 days, in which he leaves with a huge smile on his face. I also have gotten to use a pick axe to help clear the rocks off the property so that they can make the property more beautiful, a refuge for the local community.
It truly is a HUGE blessing the opportunities that God has given me in a week, much less for this whole month. I could not be more excited or ready for this. I do know that doing another ministry that I didn’t understand, or didn’t have a passion for would be terribly draining, and yet God knew that.
In less than two months I will be home. It sounds amazing, but until then I will finish better than I started. I will try harder, give more, and love better than I have the rest of the race.
