Launch was a while ago, but I wanted to share a bit about it. Launch is the training I had before I left for the World Race which is an 11-month mission trip around the world. At launch we’ve did a variety of training, anything from safety to financial training. My parents were also able to be at launch and had their own few days of training as well- mostly on how to deal with me during this experience and for when I come back from the World Race- I guess I’m going to be a handful! We were mostly separate during launch, but for a few sessions, we were able to be together.
I found that when we were together, I wanted everything to be perfect. I wanted the worship music to be perfect, I wanted the speaker to be perfect, everything. I want my parents and everyone for that matter to know the Lord and to grow in a relationship with him, so in my head, everything needs to be perfect for that to work. In my head, if the worship leader picks songs my parents don’t know or like, that won’t happen. If the speaker is all over the place and seems a little too over the top, I worry that they won’t receive it well.
The Lord showed me how this is literally saying that I don’t think the Lord will show up unless everything is exactly how I think it should be. At launch we had a speaker who was talking about how the Lord isn’t someone who shows up only in the “good” or when everything seems to be going right. The Lord is there in all things- good and bad.
This year, I’m pretty positive that nothing will go how I’ve pictured in my head. There is literally no way I can be prepared for what’s all going to happen. I’m sure there will be a lot of hard times and a lot of good times, but I know that the Lord will be in all of it.
