I have been doing good and have been so thankful that the Lord has brought me on this race. He has done so much in my heart and has brought so much freedom from religion and has brought me into a more intimate relationship with him. He has helped me begin the process of caring more about what He says about my identity and how I am, than what others or even myself think about me. He has worked in many different ways through my team and I to bring others we encounter closer to him and still has more in the next 4 months.
It is month 7 for me on the race. They call this the “month 7 slump”. I can see why. I’m tired and my team is tired, and it could be so easy to just stop caring and to check out for the last 4 months of the race until we get home. That’s not what’s gonna happen though! At this last debrief I saw that I had one foot in the process and one foot out. God told me to keep two feet in the process and that’s what is gonna happen.
Lately I have been turning to coffee for peace. Makes sense right?
God pointed out to me that I’m turning to coffee for peace, but that it does the exact opposite (it has caffeine and tends to give me anxiety) – see this is one example of a thing I go to that looks good but ends up putting me in a worse place once the cup is over.
I’m not saying that coffee for me, or for anyone it bad all the time, but for me right now I’m going to it for peace instead of Gods peace and that doesn’t work. This month I’m choosing not to drink coffee and am expectant for the Lord to meet me in any way that coffee would. I know that he will give me energy when I need it, peace and comfort and he will probably give me abundantly more than coffee could 🙂 I’m excited to see God come through and show me why he is better than things this world has to offer. In this instant “coffee”.
A verse he gave me to reflect on during this time is Isaiah 26:3-4
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
Some other things I’ve been praying and you could come along side me in praying for is:
– that God will show me how to come behind his mission and others missions instead of my own. I’m excited to learn this!
– that my heart will continued to grow in understanding of how much I am loved by him and that out of this I can live from his love more than I do so now.
If you could just be praying for my whole squad to finish well and keep two feet in the process that’d be awesome!
Love y’all!
