There is something rather intimidating about fundraising to be honest. When you first learn that in order for you to go on The World Race, you have to raise $18,700, it seems like a rather big number…
but nothing is ever too big for God!
In my flesh, there are times when I do wonder if I will raise the funds in time. However, God is so good and so faithful that He gives us this peaceful spirit to know and trust that He will provide. Within the first day of me announcing that I was doing The World Race, immediately, I was receiving emails of donations coming in. Family and friends making the commitment to help me on this journey – $200, $50, $10, $5.
If y’all really want to know what that means to me – well, let me just say, that as I type this particular blog post, there are legit tears falling from my eyes.
Why? Well because I am no better than you or anyone else in the world or worthy of God’s provision, but yet He still loves and cares for me with such a tender heart and it just does something to me. My heartstrings are tugged and I get overwhelmed with how truly great our God really is. I can’t fathom how or why I get to live this incredibly beautiful life I am living. The fact that so many wonderful and amazing things are happening in my life and God is in it, is really something to be in awe of.
I’ve been so low before y’all. I have been in the pits. I have had days and nights where I didn’t want to do life, especially shortly after my divorce. I was so discouraged. I was angry, lost, confused, hurt, embarrassed, ashamed, scared and just flat out unmotivated to do anything at all. On the surface, I was doing everything I could to hold it together. I still smiled, because I still had some joy, but I was struggling most days to truly have faith in God’s plan for my life. I just couldn’t see the blessing behind what I felt was the absolute worst experience of my life.
I thank God for His saving grace. He lifted me high, when I was brought low. He ordained things so perfectly in my life to happen so that I would draw closer to Him. Day by day, little by little, all of the pain and suffering that divorce can leave you with began to disappear. It has been quite the healing journey to say the least. It has been a period of revelation and self-discovery. This season of my life has been one of stretching and molding. It’s been a season of growth and understanding. My experience of divorce catapulted me into an uncharted territory and helped me discover so many things about myself, but more than myself – God. He has taken my faith deeper than I could have ever imagined and He continues to show up and show out in amazing ways.
Fundraising for The World Race, is not going to be easy. $18,700 is not going to magically appear in my bank account. However, money is coming in. God is directing my steps and He is providing, just as He has promised He would. I have an army rising up with me, praying for provision, speaking life over me, supporting and encouraging me throughout the process and that my friends, is what helps me to continue on this path – having faith that God is leading me where He wants.
The fundraising is the easy part, compared to what I will be doing in my life in missions come August 2018. This is just the beginning of a journey of a lifetime and I am thrilled to be sharing this season of my life with you all, my sweet family and friends.
Thank you for your love, support, words of wisdom, affirmations and encouragement. It means so much to me.
