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“Bring me your heart. Bring me your hurt. Bring me your bones. Bring me all that your are and I will make it beautiful.”

A little over a week ago the training camp for the World Race ended, and I have to say it was an intense two weeks. Joyous. There was an unearthly amount of confirmation. I was supposed to be there, I was meant to go on this journey, and I was meant to fight with these people. 

The transition from work to training was almost flawless for me, and each sermon, each talk was relevant and well timed. The Holy Spirit spoke into my life, and revived much of my old relationship with Him that I had once killed off and tried to do away with.

These past two years of my life have been difficult, but God let me know that He was preparing me for something more. God made it known to me that I was Joseph going through hard times or that I was David on the run from King Saul…waiting and learning: Learning God. Learning character. Now it has become clear: all the difficulties, the discipline, and the searching…I can now see where all that was leading, and God has woven it all together beautifully. 

Nietzsche once said that, “any man can put up with the ‘how’ as long as he knows the ‘why,'” and my “why” now emerged and materialized in front of me as I was able to see God using the pain, hardship, and strife at training camp. It was incredibly important to see that nothing is meaningless and that God uses all things to work together for the good of them who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Before, I trusted in faith that my pain would be turned into something useful, but at training camp I got see the fruit of the difficult things that had happened to me. In many ways it was a complete validation of the redemption of God, and it moved me to trust Him further.

Because of God’s confirmation, His sharing His plan with me, Him letting me know that I was exactly where I was meant to be, because of His faithfulness, His communication, and the hope and trust that He put in me I am able to endure weeks of heat, humidity, not many changes of clothes, disputes, emotional baggage, wrestling with God, wrestling with others, not having a permanent place to lay my head, rains without coats or shelter…the list goes on. It’s what I must do, and it’s hard, but it’s easy at the same time. The hope is there, and so is the faith.

“we exult in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only this, butc]”>[c]we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. “

-Romans 5:2-5

Believing there is a “why” when it is not currently viewable in sight is Faith…keeping that hope there is faith. God confirmed what I had been believing these past two years at training, and my hope was not disappointed. 

My heart soars when it thinks about the faithfulness of God, and how He has woven such brokenness together into something beautiful. 

 

Thank You for reading this far along, and if you have been blessed by this post please consider supporting me financially as I set out to share the Gospel with nations all around the world. It is a costly endeavor and I will need all the help I can get. A monthly gift of $50 or $100 dollars would go far, but any amount helps. Starting from zero if 340 people gave $50 each I would reach my goal. It’s possible, and any support financially or through prayers is readily accepted. I am thankful for all of your support. 

My next deadline is August 21st. I need to have $10,000 raised by then to launch with my team. 

God Bless. 

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