I have had such a wonderful day with Jesus! And it was so relaxing. To start with, it is an absolutely perfect day today!!! Not hot, cool breeze, warm sun – doesn’t get better than this! I slept in this morning, then drove to the office to work online, and finish some small projects. I then went to a park, which sits on part of Lake Lanier (well, actually all the parks sit on some part of Lanier – check out a map of this crazy lake!!). I began reading some of my required reading for Race preparations. Then I took and hour and devoted it to prayer for my team. Today is a day of prayer for both teams A and B, and we (B) are having a conference call in a few minutes (6pmEST) to pray together. I sat by the lake, listening to the water roll onto the muddy, rocky red beach, and couln’t help but be in awe of God’s creation. This is the first day I have taken to relax, be quiet and just be alone in a long time. After my hour of devoted prayer, I sat on the curb by my car and read another required book – Fields of the Fatherless. It’s so nice to just rest and be with Jesus. I can’t believe I forget to make time for this more often!!
I have spent a good deal more time in prayer in the last week than I do normally – something for which I am really happy. Its intersting to me how easily I lose perspective on life – that I get so caught up in ‘getting caught up’ with my life that I don’t priortize being with my Father. I have refocused and prioritzed in the last couple days due to some decisions I know I couldn’t make without Him. I pray that as I continue to grow I will learn to go to Him earnestly more often than I am used to. I sought God out, in quiet and in fasting over the last couple days – even in the midst of work, and my other work, and moving – and asked Him to answer some questions and to direct me in specific things. He answered. 🙂 Of course. I didn’t doubt he would – that He would speak to me – I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to hear him, because my mind is so filled with other noises. When I expressed this fear to Him, He told me to just be quiet and stop the intake of ‘other noises’. I did, and I heard him speak. I am so grateful that my Father desires to be in such close relationship with me that we can speak with one another.
I am super excited about this community prayer call tonight. It will be the first time I have spoken with anyone since training. I should call my teammates, but again, I think I have mis-prioritized this aspect too. God is doing some incrediable things in all of the Racer’s lives right now, and it’s so exciting to be a part of a people who pray, and then fully expect God to answer!! Have I mentioned I’m excited about this upcoming year?!?!?
