It turns out that God has different plans for us. While our constant prayer was clarity for God’s plan for us while we prepared for the trip, he communicated very clearly to us that the World Race will not be our path.
Brooke and I are going to be having a baby! It is about nine weeks along now and though we were extremely disappointed at first, we realized that we simply could not be disappointed in God’s clear plan for us. So I apologize to all of our supporters thus far, and my hope is that we would all rejoice for the amazing life that God is blessing us with.
Good luck to the rest of the racers! God is going to do an amazing work in you guys!
2 Corinthians 1:12-24
15Because I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. 16I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. 17When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?
18But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas<sup value='[b]’>[b] and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” 20For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. 21Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. 24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
