It’s been two weeks since I landed in the US.
It’s still kinda strange for me to be here. I mean, for so long I was just traveling around, doing what my hosts would tell me to do. I would do it with joy in my heart, but it was kinda easy. Easy to have someone else telling me what to do with my days. Our schedules were set out for us.
But here, I’ve been making my own schedule.
And I’ve filled it up as full as I could. I knew coming home–since I would only be here for a couple of weeks–that I would be busy. That I would fill up my time as much as I could to love people, to spend time with people, to tell them about my experiences, to share what God has done in my life.
And that’s exactly what He’s allowed for me to do for the past two weeks.
I hit the ground running Sunday, July 26th.
And I’ve essentially been going ever since.
And it’s been glorious.
The Lord has given me so many opportunities to pour out–the things He’s taught me, the love He’s shown me, the gifts He’s given me, the grace He’s poured out on me. I’ve gone to bed every night completely exhausted from what happened during the day. What satisfaction–knowing that the work He had laid out for me when I got back from the Race was just as important as the work He had for me on the Race.
As I was praying about what exactly I wanted to write about, the Lord kept bringing up the word “aftermath” to my mind.
And He seemed to be saying to examine what the aftermath of the Race looks like. What does my life look like post-Race? How am I able to carry over what the Lord unearthed in me on the Race to “normal” life in the States?
The answer?
I’m still figuring it out. But on the Race, I’ve truly learned how to just be myself. I learned how to be comfortable in my own skin–in my physical body, and in the giftings and talents the Lord has given me. I’m me. And it’s beautiful. So my life looks very similar to what it looked like before. But now, I’m a little more bold and confident in who I am. I carry the lessons that I’ve learned–and I’m striving every day to put them into action.
I’m living in the aftermath of the beautiful work He did in my life. The work that He’s still accomplishing. The work that will continue for the rest of my life.
