God seems to be playing the “‘ol repeater” on me in month 7 of the world race. It all started when we got stranded in our tents outside the Mozambique border last week. The question keeps being posed….what it’s the most SIGNiFICANT thing you’ve learned after 6 months in 6 countries?
So in response here’s the big tri-fecta of my world race.
To start with let’s talk APPROVAL, and what a waste of time that word is. There is absolutely no need to seek the approval of anyone in this life…..society, family, friends, parents,peers, church elders….put them all aside and be free of approval. Please God and do all the things. Take risks everyday.
ITS THAT SIMPLE.
We say things like this but really breaking free of approval is a freedom most of us only dream about or never even consider. My favorite rebel of all time never once sought approval. In fact I think He really took pleasure in sticking it to the man on the regular. They called him Jesus. Dude turned the place upside down.
( quick side note- Just to clarify my parents are rad…they’ve always had my back-love you guys and thanks for all the support even when you didn’t approve…especially when you didn’t approve)
The next word to write
down is PERSPECTIVE. Leave your home folks, leave it all, lose control of your situation. Hand it over to God and be ready for a drastic move. (Ask Bill Stupanski….met that rebel in Haiti a few months ago…he launches today) I can’t remember what I expected when I left the Good ‘Ol 6 months ago but this isn’t it. It’s much better. And it’s not just that I have a different perspective…..it’s more that I recognize immediately when a change of perspective is a necessity. And even better my heart desires the fight for the change.
The hard times are the best, and the worst are even better.
And to complete the hat trick… ABUNDANCE- The question is no longer whether I have been blessed or will God continue to bless my life. The question is how far am I willing go?
How far will I fight? Am I willing to take the risks and sacrifice my life so I might live with an overflowing heart?
There is adventure all over this world that I’ll always crave but there’s another challenge that dwarfs this world. Its the trek through our hearts and souls to fill our lives with love. To deny self preservation and fill your heart with love that lacks condition.
…..be warned-people will judge and you will know you’ve begun.
no expectations.
pablo
