this is an oldie but a goodie on thailand
this month has been rough! somethings im learning and currently walking through..
1.) there’s no day off in following the lord and putting on your armor.. for me comfortability is a dangerous thing.. when i get comfortable in my walk, in ministry, or in fighting against sin my world implodes and knocks me on my butt! i have always known that comfortability was a cancer to my faith but this month i learned some major lessons, and the lord has really been gracious in showing me my triggers and how to be on better alert for it! now that i know this i just gotta put action to the red flags i see pop up now and again !!
2.) i have never felt the physical side of spiritual warfare like i have here in phucket thailand.. and im figuring out what that even means and what to do with it.
3.) its really hard to tell someone about Jesus when you have to start from scratch with creation, when the bible holds no credibility or reverence, and when they have a viewpoint of believing in many gods.. you cant possibly imagine how tongue tide you can get when trying to explain the most basic of truths to someone who doesn’t know the difference between the name of Jesus and some guy named Todd… talk about evaluating your approach- this is the first country ive been to where they have NO CLUE about christianity.. not a hint.. nothing!!!
4.) i thought playing college volleyball would be the hardest physical thing i would do in my life time.. NOPE! 8 months on the field has wore me out way more than any two a day practice, 5 game match or 4 month season..
5.) loving people, serving people and having high preference for people is all really easy to do when its on YOUR terms, its easy to do it when YOU want too.. but it can be the hardest thing to do when your tired and just want to be left alone! thank you month 8!
6.) here are a series of questions that pop into my thought processes at least 6 times a day… WHAT AM I DOING ???? WHERE ARE WE?? WHAT DAY IS IT????? IS THIS MY LIFE??? IS THIS NORMAL ??? WHO CAN I GET TO COME WITH ME TO GO (INSERT ANY PLACE OF CHOICE)???
i found this blog the other day and i guess i forgot about it, but after reading it i just started laughing because i remember exactly where i was spiritually, physically, emotionally, and mentally when i wrote this! and its funny because at this time i had, had enough! i was exhausted… month 8 had wore me out and kicked my rear end.. i was over the world race and i was wondering how am i gonna finish its only month 8! now dont get me wrong i LOVED ministry.. it was probably one of my favorite and most connected ministries ill do on the race.. it was the other 6 hours a day that were driving me nuts! i remember telling my family IM OVER PRACTICAL LABOR! please lord just get me through thailand! i was over feedback sessions with the team, i was tired of always being with somebody, i was over RICE, over sweating, over pouring into the team, tired of encouraging people.. oh man* i could go on and on haha! alumni racers talk about hitting a wall on the race and i did but i didn’t just hit it, i got mauled, ran over, pummeled and beaten by my wall.. it was such a blessing we had a debrief at the end of thailand.. having four full days of rest was exactly what i needed to get refocused and back on track with why i came on the race in the first place! i learned a lot though, as we all do in the hard season’s of life*!!
RECAP VIDEO FROM THAILAND!!
