Well here I am. 10 days until I launch into a mission God has set for me. 10 days away from saying goodbye to my friends and family who have walked with me through this journey leading up to January 8, 2017. I remember first being accepted on the World Race way back in February 2016. I remember working late nights and early mornings in the summer of 2016 so I may be able raise enough money for my goal. I remember buying my plane ticket for training camp for October 2016. I remember being at training camp October 2016. I remember saying I’ll post right away about training camp after October 2016. And now look at where I am now; December 28, 2016. First blog since before training camp. I am fully funded, I received all my injections; (which was not fun by the way,) Christmas is gone, and 10 days until launch. Oh how did the time just flew by.
We say time is a very important structure in our lives. We plan events out; we plan to see friends even if they are 30 mins late, we plan to do things that make no sense. As human beings we structure our lives around time. What day? What month? What week? What time? We obsess with the meaning of time, but at the end of the day, do we really enjoy how we used our time. Was it productive time? Was it waste of time?
Every since training camp that took place in October 2016, time passed right through me. There are days that I am just an absolute bum, and there are days when I am constantly running around trying to figure out what to do next. One of the coolest skills I picked up from training camp in October 2016 was how much it was emphasized to “stay in the moment.” Stay in the now, and do not look towards the future. As hard as that is as human beings, it is very important to stay in the now. Put down those phones, put down the tv remote, go away from social media and focus on what is in front of you. The irony of staying in the moment is that, when you truly commit yourself to focusing in the now, time does fly by.
The last two months of 2016, were months where I was blessed the most throughout the year. I completed buying all my gear thanks to all my generous supporters, I got closer to my family even after 23 years of being with them. And I have been reunited with my best friend. But that story, is for another time. And now I am so close to launch. I am so close to launching myself into the World Race. I can honestly say that I have never felt more nervous, more anxious, more scared in my life than as I do right now. But God is so good. By the end of 11 months, it will only feel like 11 days. It is not about getting to the end of 11 months, it is about the journey during the 11 months. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for even, to give you a future and a hope.”
In Psalm 90:12, it tells us to watch our days and may we grow everyday. “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” God has amazing plans for us. There will be times when life gets hard, there will be times when life is as smooth as icing on a cake. But God has our plans set for us. When time flies by, we must always remember to seek God first. And in time we will truly see how much He loves us; and how much we love Him.
