When you think you have the World Race figured out,
they hit you with something else. No one could have seen or expected.
I got switched teams
again.
We went through this
last month. Team changes. After the new squad leaders were raised up, a huge
reshuffle or our whole squad happened and we got new teams going into Thailand.
I thought this team is going to be permanent. I’m stuck with these people for
the rest of my race. But I was so wrong.
Nothing is permanent. NOTHING.
Nothing is a
guarantee. The people around you. And even your life. Time is fleeting. And
just like that, things can be taken away from you.
To be honest, last
month was so good but it wasn’t easy. Ministry wise was easy for me personally,
but team wise it was hard. We were all living separately so it didn’t really
feel like a team. I didn’t feel like I was a part of my team. And it was hard to
get to know my teammates more. And I spent a lot of my time investing in the
ministry instead of my teammates. And for a while, I lived in a stage of
regret. Regretting that I wasn’t intentional enough with my teammates.
But
God doesn’t want us to live in a stage of regret. He wants us to live in full freedom. And part of living in full freedom is
to not look at the past anymore. I’ve come to the realization that there is
nothing I can do to change the last month and all I can do is give it up to God
and move on. And learn from all this.
I don’t understand
why this happened to me. Out of everyone on the squad, I was one of two people
taken from their old teams and placed in new ones.
But
I do know that God is good. And He has a plan. And His plan is good.
So I’m moving
forward with my new team.
I’m
going to be intentional.
I’m
going to be more bold.
I’m
going to be more vulnerable.
I’m
going to make the most of every single moment I have with my new family.
because I don’t know when they’re going to be taken
away from me.
