Before I start to write this, I just want to clarify a few things.
1. I love each and every one of you.
2. I just really just wanted to use this title, like it’s been in the back of my head for at least a month. The mythical creatures change, but the gist is the same.
The seven months leading up to the World Race were filled with lots of questions. What are you going to be doing? Will your back hold up through all of that? Are you crazy? A TENT? How can we help? How can I pray? How many people are you traveling with? Do you know any of those people? Questions, questions, questions.
However there was one question that popped up more than any other. Mostly from well meaning people who I knew meant it in the most romantic way. What if you find your future husband on the Race?! Normally I would just laugh it off and ignore the question but I think its time I address it.
I have ABSOLUTELY ZERO desire to find my husband this year. I’m even going to take that a step further. I have ABSOLUTELY NO desire to find a boyfriend this year.
Can I be real with you for a minute? I know my heart and so does God. The reason that I have been single up until this point isn’t because I just haven’t found the right man. Its because God has a plan and a purpose for my life that at the moment doesn’t include a man.
Prior to the Race, God and I had come to an understanding (aka I started listening to what God was saying to me) and it was this, He knows my heart. He knows, and I now acknowledge, that if I had been dating someone before the World Race came up even applying would have been a harder decision, much less leaving.
Even so, now that the Race is a reality, finding a man isn’t something I am concerned with. This year I want to focus solely on the Lord. I want to focus myself on drawing as close to the Father as I possibly can. I want to become even more of a godly woman that a godly man will want to marry. I want to focus every day on my team, and pushing them closer to God. I want to every day see what opportunity God has for me.
If you ever asked me about finding a husband on the Race know that I giggled internally when you did.
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Thank you so much for your prayers and support, it blows me away the number of you who are reading these blogs. I would love it if you would comment so I know who I’m talking to on here.
Love you guys so much!
Audrey
