Made it to Gainsville, GA today for training camp for the Race. And to be honest I felt pretty distant and distracted from God this last week. With finishing rowing, graduating from UT, road tripping home, and the change of pace, I drove myself away from Him. In addition to life’s distractions, I’ve been allowing my relationship with God be influenced by my perceived success and failures with fundraising. I’ve felt that I can’t turn to God for help because I haven’t raised enough for Him, or tried hard enough, or achieved enough. But with a nice long 8.5 hour drive down here today, there was lots of opportunity for God to give me the reality check my heart has been thirsty for. The reality is that God doesn’t want me to work harder FOR Him. He wants me to work WITH Him. He hasn’t left me out here alone in my tent at training camp, He is right here with me, eager to teach me and heal me, and love me. I’m looking forward to all that each day has in store (minus the bug bites) here these next 10 days. I know that distractions and distancing from God will continue coming my way but I also know that God is more faithful than those things and He will be waiting for me each time I fall down and lose sight of Him. If next year is anything like the start of training camp, I can’t wait.
