On the race God asked, or told, me over and over again, “Love them, whether they love you in return.” He was talking about my team. It was hard to do all the time. I wanted to feel loved in return, but that wasn’t what God called me to do. When you pour out and don’t see or feel anything in return, do you want to keep doing it? Sometimes it’s easier to love strangers than those closest to you, to let go of yourself and simply obey God?
God began to speak this from the beginning of the race, at launch. Teams were asked to create a video of “What I Never Knew”….our team struggled to find an idea that was honoring one another, and I had trouble sleeping and prayed throughout the night. I woke up in tears to God saying, “What I never knew about…LOVE.” It seemed so simple. We were already being tested in that and we just left the states.
can truly love like Christ, we get more than we could ever imagine in
return.
