God is ALWAYS in control
There have been situations in my life where I thought I could control them, but this month they felt like a burden I couldn’t manage myself. It was suffocating me, it was adding pressure that I didn’t need to carry, and it took my teammates speaking into me to realize this. I am not responsible for certain things, but what I can do is pray. Prayer is the ultimate way to place things in God’s hands and trust in Him. I was also encouraged this month in Guatemala to remember that God said, “It is finished”. His timeline isn’t the same as ours. He sees things several years down the line, but He knows it is finished!
Speak life over yourself and do things with others
This entire race, I’ve had a hard time making room for daily quiet times. At the end of each month, I process what I need to work on and what I’ve grown in. Each month I’ve tended to write daily rhythms as something I needed to work on, but last month I vowed to never write that under work on again. And with the help of my teammate Danielle, who was waking up super early, I had accountability to wake up and spend each morning with the Lord. It paved a path in wanting to start each morning with Him, which is something I’ve been able to slowly carry out this month.
Give constructive feedback
I really want people to speak into my life and let me know things I need to work on. But I also want to be someone who speaks life into other people and calls them higher as well. I don’t want to shy away and wait for someone else to say things, instead I want be the one to help others and walk with them through things because that’s what Jesus calls us to do. Jesus, please help me speak the truth in love and with grace in a way that others respond well to.
