Guys it is FINALLY Christmas time! If you are like me, you have not only been listening to Christmas music non-stop (maybe even since last Christmas), but you have been waiting till others will actually sing and enjoy Christmas time with you! If you really knew me, you would know that I LOVE Christmas time (if you couldn’t tell already). Although Christmas is a wonderful time of joy, family gatherings, presents, and even the music, that is not what this season is all about. This time is also a season of Advent. We are waiting and watching for the coming of Christ.
Like Christmas time, I have been waiting and watching for the Lord throughout this whole World Race process. Through the interview process, my nerves were all over the place waiting for the call to see if I was going to be accepted or not into this adventure. When I did get accepted, I hopped on an emotional roller coaster waiting for this new step in my life to begin. It is a hard process to be patient and wait for another eight months before this journey begins.
My mind has been racing about how I will be leaving my family and friends. I think about how I will not be present fully in people’s lives for eleven months. I think about something permanent happening back home while I am away to my loved ones. I think about not being able to go for some reason and me letting people down. I think about how I will be when I get back and what my life will look like after the race.
When I start thinking, my mind hits every aspect of what the next year is going to look like. Each day is a different day with a different emotion. One day I am crying and the next I cannot stop telling people about the Race because I am so excited. I never know how I am going to feel each day about the race. But through all of this waiting, I get to watch the Lord show up in enormous ways. I have asked the Lord many times if this is really what I am supposed to be doing. Every time I ask, I get a loud “YES!” without any hesitation! I also get to watch the Lord in my team. Even though we have never actually met face-to-face, I can see the Lord is going to do great things with each one of us because He already has. So, here I am waiting for the journey to begin yet watching the Lord work in miraculous ways.
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. -Proverbs 31:25
And then I heard the voice of the Master: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” I spoke up, “I’ll go. Send me!” -Isaiah 6:8
Thanks for reading! Love yall!
