I have wrestled with this blog for a few days already…knowing I should 'write a final one on home soil' before I leave for 11 months. However, launch is 2 days away and I am literally running out of time. I leave Canada in less than 10 hours. I have said good byes that I didn't want to say. I have allowed the tears to come a few times (and I know they will come more). I have spent time with those who I love. Those who have impacted and blessed, my life in ways that they will never know. I have been able to go camping with my immediate family-not once-but twice in the last few weeks. I have been able to breathe and simply feel God's love and peace in my life even among the chaos of life. I am been able to sit back, relax and enjoy a drink even when my 'to do' list kept growing instead of shrinking (side note: and it ALL GOT DONE!!). I have packed, unpacked and RE packed my bag time and time again (current racers and alumni will undersand this one!) I, hopefully, have been able to bless those around me right here, right now and, in return have been blessed BY and THROUGH them. I got back my passport with my india visa in it all good to go for October! I got fully funded. I finally learned the first country that I will be setting foot on in less than a week! (Hello Albania!)
But Enough with the 'I's. This trip. these next 11 months are NOT about me or what is going to happen through me…it never has been and it never will be. These next 11 months are God's. Period. Simple as that. GOD is going to change the world. GOD is going to perform miracles. GOD is going to save people. GOD is going to heal. GOD is going to bring freedom to the oppressed and lost. GOD is going to raise up leaders. GOD is in control. GOD is in the process of literally changing the world.
Micah 6:6-8
6 With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
God just simply called my name to walk along side Him….
