Baby you’re almost home now, so please don’t quit now. You’re almost home to me. -Steffany Gretzinger, Out of Hiding
Going into month 10 in less than a week and we’re almost home. This year has been the fastest year of my life. Everyday of my race I have had routine, schedule and go go go all day everyday. You’ll be told if you do the race that the months are slow and the weeks go by fast. That is so true. It feels like just yesterday I was on the roof in Honduras seeing God stop the rain for me to spend time with Him up there looking out to the mountains.
I am almost home now, but that doesn’t mean I stop trying, I stop pursuing, I stop giving myself to the locals, the hosts and to the ministry. If God wanted me to stop and be done, this would be a 9 month mission trip.
Every time I get near to the end of a season, I start to excite myself of what’s to come. I start to dream and go to that place, rather than be here where I am. This whole year I’ve forgotten how extremely blessed I am to be doing The World Race, because it’s become normal. Being in Swaziland, taking public transportation and buying food from the market has become my normal. Not flushing my toilet paper, taking cold showers, wearing the same outfit for a week has become my normal. It feels like I’m going through the day, each and everyday. I mean, that’s what routine is, yeah? But, it’s my choice whether I spice it up or not. I can go through the motions each and everyday doing the same thing, or I can add some pizzazz to what I do and make it exciting!
Something I never forgot from my young adult pastor in college, Mark Kresge, is how you end one season is how you’ll start the next. Stop saying, “I’ll start tomorrow” or “when the new year comes around” instead, start today! Start now! It’s not going to make tomorrow or the new year better if you just wait. Each day has enough struggles of its own, so mines well live your today bettering yourself for tomorrow. When the ministry I am doing is not something I would normally enjoy, I look for something good in it. And sometimes when I can’t do that, because I’m too much in my head, I just thank Jesus and recognize His presence in that place. Prayer brings love and gratitude as well.
All in all I’m ready to be home. I have 2 more months and that blows my mind. Keep me in your prayers to continue to stay present in ministry and with my squad. Praise be to God I have remained healthy this year, so for continual heath and rejuvenation. And lastly, that the Lord will not hold back from revealing all I need to know about myself before I go home; The good, bad and ugly. God, bring me closer to You during these next 2 months, whatever it takes…
Blessings, favor, peace and love over you!
