America, it’s been real. Flying out of DFW knowing I won’t be back for almost a year could be the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. But now it’s done and over and past, and the transition is the hardest part. So hello Atlanta, and then hello Ecuador!!
I am humbled. I am only a few hundred dollars away from being fully funded, and many more people than I could have ever anticipated have promised to pray for me and support me. In the past months I have been contemplating what it really means when someone says, “hey I am praying for you.”
This is what I have concluded.
It means “both you and I agree that we don’t have control.”
That “I want good things for you, but only the Father gives good gifts.”
It means “I’m going to ask the one who is in control to do His thing.”
That “I’m asking the keeper of good gifts to bless you in this time.”
Praying for someone is much bigger than just ,something a Christian says to another. It’s a promise, one that I hope those who float the phrase will keep. I know for a fact that God is a good Father (despite how overplayed that Chris Tomlin song is) and a good dad takes care of his kids. So when we ask for things He is always faithful to provide exactly what we need. Prayer puts God’s word to the test, it challenges God to step up and prove that He is who He says He is.
So I’m asking you, humbly, to continue to pray for me.
There will be days when I wish I had never left DFW. There will be days when I will be frustrated with myself or with my squadmates. There will be days when the devil will make things hard, and there will be days when I make things hard.
So please, please, please pray for me.
Pray that I am fully present in serving those around me. Pray that in frustration or conflict my eyes will be fixed on the cross and that reconciliation will quickly follow. Pray that the Lord often reminds me of all the battles He has won. PUT GOD’S WORD TO THE TEST BECAUSE HE WILL NEVER SKIP OUT ON A PROMISE, and He has promised to take care of His children.
I will be praying for you all, and trusting that even when I can’t be at home to watch Him do His work in you, He will prove faithful.
