I am officially HALFWAY through the race! It’s crazy to think that there are more days behind me than there are in front of me on this crazy journey! I wouldn’t have made it this far with the support of all you amazing people back at home! So, THANK YOU! Since I am half way I decided to post some check-in type blogs so that I can share with you how this experience has changed me! I hope to post a few more within the next couple of weeks, so subscribe to my blog if you want to get an email when I post a new blog! Without further ado…here’s a. It about how my spiritual life has changed and grown over the last 4 1/2 months!
Being on the race has been so good for my spiritual life. For the past four and a half months I have been living with thirty-eight of my peers and four squad leaders. This community of people (who are now officially family) is always encouraging me to grow. In this blog I would like to specifically address the spiritual growth that I have experienced since leaving home 135 days ago.
Like I said, encouragement is something that I am constantly getting from my people. Whether that is through feedback, walking as an example, or just plainly encouraging each other with words – I have experienced so much spiritual growth because of this.
Here are some more specific ways I have experienced spiritual growth:
I have been seeking out the Lord more than ever before, through scripture study, worship, books, and just by looking for His presence in all the small moments of
every day. I have learned so much about my identity in the Lord and how to walk in acceptance and confidence in that identity.
These last four and a half months have also been a test of my endurance and perseverance as well. I was really challenged while in Thailand to step into complete vulnerability, and as scary as that was I have found it to be even more difficult to walk in complete vulnerability every single day, even when it is so so hard.
Lastly, I have never had a closer relationship with the Lord than I do right now, and that is all because of those hard, ugly, scary moments. But because of the closeness with the Lord that I have now, all of those moments were totally worth it.
I cannot wait to see what the next four and a half months will hold for me and my relationship with Jesus.
