Several weeks ago, I was sitting in church listening to the worship playing at the end of the service when my pastor had them pause to share a vision he’d just had. It went something like this:
“I’m seeing a flower that has lost all but one of its petals, and that one last petal is barely hanging on. But then I see God gently scoop it up and replant it. He then waters it, gives it all the sunlight it needs, and nurtures it back to life. It wasn’t an immediate Disney transformation like you might envision, it was a slow and gradual process”
At the time, I was debating going on two different missions trips: one is a short-term trip to India in July, and the other is World Race 11n11 that has been on my heart for about 5 years. I was on the fence, and felt like I was being held back by something. Then I heard this vision.
I was that flower once. I was nearly out of hope, barely hanging on to life. Then the Lord came and scooped me up, replanted me where I needed to be, and gave me water and light.
I had just met with my mentor a few days before this service to talk about going to India with her. The organization she founded and the one I would have been going under focuses on kicking back the enemy’s lies, and showering young women with Truth. The very truth that will set them free.
This vision broke my heart. The fact that the enemy’s lies can bring a person to such a place of devastation angers me. And if I have any power on this earth, if I have any authority, then I have to use it.
I text my mentor the next day and told her to sign me up. Let’s send the enemy’s lies back to hell where they belong.
Now due to covid-19 and all that is happening in the world and personally right now, I’m no longer going to India with my mentor this summer. But this is what inspired me to take action and finally sign up for the race. And now I have the INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY to use my authority and power in ELEVEN COUNTRIES to grow and speak life and learn and walk the mission field!!
I can’t wait to take what I’ve learned about myself and life through the Lord, and be able to pour it all out. I can’t wait to see how beautiful people and different cultures bend and shape me. And most of all, I can’t wait to see what powerful ways the Lord moves during this sweet time!
