Want to hear God laugh? Tell Him your plans.
I don't remember who told me this originally, but it crosses my mind pretty frequently. Why? Because it's SO true! The more I live my life, everyday moving forward and growing more and more in my faith, God has turned my plans upside down and backwards. I constantly tell Him, "Don't worry about it man. I've got this covered. You're taking care of 89374983743 people- I'll take this load for you."
and he laughs.
Trying to figure all of this out on my own is pointless and gets me no where. As I thought about my mission experience through the race and what I was hoping to take from it I realized it's just best to go in with very little expectations. That's just the best approach, in my ultra professional opinion, in all my worldly experience.
My expectations:
- I believe God will use me in ways I cannot begin to fathom right now. Change me, stretch me, break me, and build me. God is going to do some unbelievable things. What? I don't know, and I'M PUMPED.
- I believe I will see miracles happen before my eyes. I foresee God helping me grow in ways that even the tiniest of miracles will shine bright for me to see.
- I believe God will bless me with an amazing family to grow with and love on for the next year of my life.
- I believe God will sing and dance all around me. That His love will overflow through me and in me. I expect to see things in a entirely different light and find the capability to use that view point to help disciple to others. God's love is all I strive to live for.
Just little expectations.
I am looking forward to growth in ways I can't expect or understand until I've experienced it. When I get back from the race, I plan on going into campus ministry and would like nothing more than to be able to help others grow in their faith through the experiences with which I'm being blessed. Grace is something that cannot be contained. The passion burning in my heart is to share this with the world and I will use any medium I can to do so. Let God force me to grow and become more than myself. This is all for Him.
Remember Matthew 6:33-34.
