Note: For those of you who were looking forward to Part 2 of my training camp blog, I will definitely be getting to that soon…I think. Bear with me. In the meantime, read some of my team’s Blogs. (http://www.theworldrace.org/?tab=blogs&subtab=blogsearch&team=Indomitable)!
DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a writer. I just type my thoughts and then check for spelling errors.
It is 11:10 on November 9th and I am at work. I was late getting in this morning because I overslept… I overslept because I am tired. Mentally Tired…Physically Tired… Every kind of Tired there is, that is me. I have tears in the back of my eyes waiting to just roll out onto my desk… The Pressures of life are simply on in full force.
I am honestly not one to be emotional at all, but lately I can’t seem to help it. I launch on the World Race in less than two months, but some days I can even focus on preparing for my next assignment. I feel like I am simply fighting to get through this storm. There are so many Christian cliché’s that even I say to people having a hard time in life, but I am so over them right now. One in particular that I would like to address is that “God will never give YOU more than you can bear.” That statement is what I call FALSE. God will give you more than you can bear in certain seasons, so that you will learn to cast it upon Him, the one who can bear it all. We were never called to be self-sufficient, but God dependent.
I am in the will of God, but in this current moment in time He has me in an intense storm.
-I have personal debt that amounts to $7,000 that has to be taken care of by January.
-I must fundraise $5,900 by December 18th.
-Get 5 teeth pulled.. (More Money)
-Pay for Vaccinations (Apparently, insurance Co.’s doesn’t cover this & a plethora of other things.)
-Purchase equipment for the next year.
To add insult to injury, I currently don’t have a full-time job.
I know you’re probably thinking… “What The Heck Alexis!”.. “You’re trippin’” “Just wait until you can afford to go.” “I mean this is what you signed up for.” “Maybe God is saying ‘This isn’t the right time’ “Are you sure this is exactly the trip God wants you to go on?” “Maybe you should find a shorter trip” “Finish college first”“There is missions in your city. Heck, go to Baltimore”
It’s okay. I’ve heard them all before.
The enemy has fed me worst discouragement and deceptive solutions… he actually had me consider stripping for .0000000000000000000000000000011919939944556th of a second, but who am I to admit that. Right? (1Corinthians 6:19)
Besides becoming a stripper, most of all the solutions are logical. It would be so easy for me to change the course, but I just can’t. I love God so much. I love people. I love being in the will of God. I desperately desire to see the will of God be released in the earth.
I will count this storm ALL Joy because it will produce endurance … (James 1:2)
These struggles cannot even compare to the glory that will come of this (Romans 8:18)
My tears are only for a night season because JOY is coming in the morning. (Psalm 30:5)
If the Lord takes care of the birds, will he not take care of His daughter, Alexis? (Matt.6:26)
So, if you’re reading this blog, you have been invited to be a witness of God’s glory through my life. The party date has been set in the Spirit, so when He reveals it to me I’ll invite you to the party of Praise and Thanksgiving! While God is so capable supernaturally wiping out my debt and putting money into my World Race fundraising account, He also uses ordinary people like you and I to do His work within the earth. So, I ask you to pray about it. Really ask God is He calling you to become a one-time or monthly partner for this Kingdom assignment. If so, AWESOME! Just click the “Support me” tab and take that step. The first step in our 11-month journey together!
