Heya there friendos! I have wifi on the occasion this month, so the blogs won’t be quite as sporadic as they have been! This is excellent news for you all, or not so much depending on who you are, and I’m really excited for the opportunity to write and post these blogs again!
The last couple of days the Lord has been so, so good to me, and it is just absolutely blowing my mind. I have started walking in so many new things, as well have just implemented a ton of new things into the things that I do with the Lord. First and foremost is the way that I have been reading and approaching Scripture. I’ve gone from working through a chapter or two of a book, to just sitting and meditating on a small section of verses. Specifically I just finished 1 Peter 1:1-2, and it just absolutely blew my mind. I’ll probably break this down in another blog since it’s just so much information, but it has honestly changed so much in me.The amazing thing is that it ‘s not even the verse itself that has radically impacted me, it is the way that I have approached it with the Lord. Just sitting with Jesus and seeing what each couple of words really mean has been astounding.
In this process as well, I’ve found a way that I really love to process and work through things: writing on walls. At first this may just sound like what a 5 year old does when they are unsupervised with markers, but it has really changed me. Getting a stick of chalk and just writing whatever I’m thinking or working through on a wall has been surprisingly relaxing and productive. Seeing all my thoughts on something on the wall just adds a neat perspective to all the things in my mind. It’s liberating if I have to be honest. Do I want to draw a picture with what I just wrote? You can do that. Do I want some cool arrows or lines to connect my thoughts? Boom, they’re up there. It is just a whole bunch of freedom wrapped up in a 3 inch stick of chalk and a big wall.
The last things that has really brought so much fruit into my walk is water colors. While my skills may not be on par with Picasso or my fellow racer Taylor Camplin, it’s more of the thought and reason behind it all that counts. The lack of me being good is also a big reason I’m painting so much, the Lord really convicted me of abandoning things or being scarred to start them when I think I’m not particularly good at it, and he is definitely right. The thing is though at this point I just get so satisfied and pleased with my work, because I’m doing it for the Lord. It’s just a good time of sitting with the Lord and letting my mind get to work with whatever the Lord has put into my to paint. It also really stretches my brain in a couple of different ways: it puts my mind to work of figuring out how to exactly paint what’s in my head, it improves my conversational skills with the Lord, and finally I get to figure out why I painted what I did and how exactly it is applicable to my walk. Painting is probably something that I’m going to keep doing for a long while after my race, and I am perfectly fine with that!
Just a couple of updates to end off this blog! Firstly, there will probably a couple of more in depth blogs on life here and whatever the Lord is teaching me within a couple days of posting this blog, so keep your eyes out! There is still no word on the location of my bag for those of you that are worried about that still (mom). Also, in the end of my last blog I talked about how I was applying for a program called CGA, and I have some good news! I got accepted, and I couldn’t be more ecstatic! I’ll have more info about that soon, so if you’re interested in partnering with me again here is a good way!
Love and blessings,
Tucker Stevens
