16 days.
That’s how many days until launch; when I officially start this journey
Sweet 16.
Can you believe it?
I’m in this period of limbo as my time is coming to a close in Chattanooga. My heart is half here and already half in Florida where I’ll find myself Saturday spending the next two weeks soaking in the time with my family before I make my way to Atlanta to fly out to the Philippines.
The biggest question I’ve gotten lately is “So, how are you feeling?”
People, bless them….. They genuinely want to know but they have no idea what a loaded question that is. My first reaction is to say “How much time do you have?” LOL. Truthfully, I don’t know how I should be feeling.
I am feeling:
Scared, anxious, hopeful, excited, happy, sad, prayerful, encouraged, open, willing, calm one minute, stressed the next, optimistic, doubtful at times but I overcome that, nervous, appreciative, tearful (oh there have been tears this week), determined, faithful, grieving (this season I am leaving), obedient, prepared (as I can be I guess, lol) and you can very much feel all of this at once.
But most of all I AM so very ready to get this show on the road. I am just more excited than anything to see God’s plan unfold these next 11 months. Right now there is just so much unknown. But there’s a treasure in the not knowing..
I literally just erased the title I had for this post guys because as I was typing he showed me a picture. He gave me a picture of these next 11 months as a treasure chest.
A treasure chest is a box containing treasure typically of gold, silver, and jewels. There’s treasure far more greater than that. These next 11 months are going to be like one big treasure chest where I’m discovering new treasures daily. The treasure in other people from every tribe, tongue, and nation, the treasure in myself, the treasure in the character of God and the love of God, the treasures in the miracles, signs and wonders I am going to experience. The treasure he has placed in other parts of the world that I have yet to discover but pray he will reveal to me with each month I am out on the field.
But most of all the treasure in this journey as a whole and the opportunity he has put before me. When I think about it, it overwhelms me to the core. I cannot even wrap my head around the gift these next 11 months are going to be. He had all these treasures stored up for me wrapped up in this big bow, and when I opened this gift he’s given me in this World Race opportunity, I could have easily said “Nope, where can I return this?” LOL, out of fear.
The scope of what I’m about to do is far greater than myself. But I’m seeing it for what it is….
It’s my chest and I’m digging for treasure.
One country at a time.
Isaiah 45:3
“I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.”
