At the beginning of this month I had the opportunity to speak in front of 80+ World Racers! (Initially extremely intimidating)
Taking it way back to before the race I want to paint a little picture of how I got here.
In August I was praying and asking the Lord what he wanted me to grow in this year. One thing was prayer and the other was public speaking. I started to laugh at the thought of public speaking but the Lord gave me a vision. A white room, blue chairs, and lots of people. I decided, “Okay bring me the room with blue chairs and I’ll do it.”
Seven months later as we were voting on who would participate in leadership positions for the Awakening Conference. The Lord was pushing me to put my name out there and guess what… I got picked.
When we got to the venue I looked around and thought well no white room so this must not be it but that is okay. Then, I find out we are actually meeting upstairs. So we head up the elevator to where we would be meeting and guess what..white room…blue chairs. I began to panic a little knowing that this was what the Lord wanted me to do, but I had no experience with public speaking.
As I was waiting for my turn to speak after worship I prayed for the Lord to stop my hands and legs from shaking once I grabbed the microphone. I got up, walked to the front, grabbed the mic, and all the nerves and shaking was completely gone. There may have been some mishaps, but I left the podium being at peace knowing I spoke for the Lord and not myself.
So here is my first ever big pubic speaking! Hope you enjoy!
