There are 2 more days until I leave to go to Georgia. Lately, I’ve been getting nervous, but my mentor Emily has been telling me that this trip is not a performance and that I just need to trust that God will grow me. The thing I get nervous about is not doing something correctly. Even if I do mess up, it will be a stepping stone and a learning experience. A while ago I was reading Exodus and Moses had a fear of speaking, but God said to him, “Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.” Exodus 4:12. If God will speak for Moses, he will also speak through me. As I read through the Bible, God is teaching me to trust in him with everything. He is even teaching me how to trust him with finances. Today I received some great news that I will be fully funded soon!! At first, I thought there was no way to raise that kind of money but he blew me away again! My relationship with the Lord has been strengthened even through a storm I am going through. He has given me a light and hope in the darkness. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James 1:2-4. In this season of my life, people have been telling me I will find the joy that only comes from the Lord. I have been experiencing that joy because for the first time in my life I hear God and I believe his truth for my life. So, God has been preparing me from the inside, telling me I’m ready. Telling me to give up everything to follow him. “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Praise God who has been working in my life!!
