Here I am the day I got accepted into the World Race, writing a blog post for a blog I don’t even have yet! I got the call earlier this morning that turned my entire day into one big happy dance. It was finally here; the moment I had been waiting for; the moment that I finally get to actually start chasing my dreams. When I heard those sweet words come through the phone, “We would like to congratulate you…” my heart couldn’t stop pounding. I was shaking, jumping, and holding back tears all within the same moment. My life changing moment was finally here and it was in the direction I wanted to go. I quickly went around my work and told people immediately; I was not even able to contain my excitement.
The more people I would tell the more I got the same unexpected response. I wanted that movie moment where people start laughing and jumping with you again and again until it turns into the awkward group huddle. What I got was a “Did you really think you weren’t going to get in? You are like the perfect candidate.” They each gave me a hug and told me they were excited for me, but no one was showing it like I wanted them to.
What was wrong with them? Did they not understand that this was a LIFE CHANGING MOMENT!?!?! This opportunity will completely change my life, change the person I am, and probably even change the person I want to become. Soon I realized what they had been seeing all along. This wasn’t the life changing moment I thought it was.
My life changing moment was back in Nepal when a complete stranger named Bipin gave me the $17 Nepali dollars and told me it was 1% of what I needed in order to go on the world race. Before this point I had never ever considered the world race. The life changing moments were the little moments after coming home where I was constantly wrestling with the idea of leaving for a year, coming up with all the reason why I couldn’t go on the world race and God having a response to every one of those reasons. The life changing moment was finally submitting the application, filling it with honest, vulnerable responses of where I really at in life, scared that it will disqualify me from chasing my dream. These were the moments of courage, fear, determination, and trust that changed my life. Getting into the world race is just the product of those moments, not the actual life changing moment.
It made me think how simple all of those moments were. They were just ordinary tasks that the rest of society and I have done hundreds of times (Talking with a friend, wrestling with God, and filling out an application). Nothing extravagant about that, and yet those were the moments that have shaped my life!
How many of these life-shaping moments do we everyday that we just overlook. Just think, a slight 10-degree wheel turn into oncoming traffic will completely change not only just your life, but also the life of so many people around you. I’ve noticed that the more I move towards trying to live a life bigger and better than I can ask, think, hope, or dream, the more God shows me that the big moments I am expecting are really the combination of all the small things He has been constructing in my life everyday. His attention to detail astounds me. Just thought I would share what God is currently showing me.
I can’t wait to see what all God is going to do through the rest of this journey. Love y’all! Thanks for reading!
