Looking back over the last couple of weeks leaves me almost overwhelmed. So much has happened and so much has changed that I don’t even know how to paint a good enough picture for you to really understand. This series of blogs is my attempt to do that and hopeful gain a better understanding myself.
As most of you already know, I moved down her July 17th to begin my apprenticeship with AIM. The first day of work we had a staff meeting to get everyone on the same page since training camp was only a week away. At the end of the meeting they announced that one of the squad leaders had become unable to lead a week before training camp. As Allison mentioned that the first thing that came to mind was, “hmmm, that would be awesome…oh well I’ve committed myself here.”.
Later, I was sitting with Jimmy going over everything that needed to be done to prepare for training camp. When we were done he asked me simply if I would even consider taking the position. I filled him in on my reaction when Allison announced the news and conversations began happening. The offer was officially put on the table when I needed to run to Atlanta and pick someone up so I saw that as the perfect time to pray about it.
As I was talking to God in my car about all the petty things that were holding me back from doing this, I heard God very specifically interrupt me and say very simply, “be free.”. But it was almost with a pleading tone. Like He knew all of the reasons why I shouldn’t, but God just wants me to be free and if I want to do this and He wants me to do this I should walk in the freedom He’s given me and do it.
For the rest of the trip I had a great comfort and excitement about the oppurtunity. I didn’t have much time to prepare since most of the leaders had months to prepare for this and I had less then a week. But when I got back and accepted the position I found out that I would be leading R squad with my old squad mate Di Dinnis!
That day won the award for craziest first day ever, but the rest of the week leading up to the camp is full of God coming through and doing what He does best.
To Be Continued…
