The storyteller on my team asked me a question the other day that really stood out to me. She challenged me to look back on the past three months of the Race and notice times when God and I shared an intimate moment. This moment could have been happy or sad just as long as I felt God right there with me. She then told me to write God a letter telling Him how that experience made me feel. Here is what my letter said,
Hey God,
I am trying to think of a specific time this past month where You and I have shared an intimate moment laughing. I am starting to truly freak out because I can’t think of anything. Do I not look to You as much as I should? I feel like my entire life revolves around humans and their gratification rather than Yours. Why is it that I look towards others when I am enjoying life, than to You?
As I am writing this, a few moments have come to mind. When we had to sing on stage in front of that church and I completely screwed up. You knew I was going in with the wrong intention so You kindly humbled me, didn’t You? Then when we had to sing the Christmas songs… that was a different story of us innocently screwing ourselves over but there You were cheering us on with a big ol’ smile on Your face. You also orchestrated the whole Juan puking on me instance, everyone turned out fine but I guarantee you were laughing the entire time.
It’s funny, during every experience on this race, happy or sad, I can go back and visualize You there. Now I just need to do that in every situation, don’t I? I need to find You in everything I do and everywhere I go. I want my brain to instantly focus on You no matter what the situation is. I want my first reaction to be finding You.
God, I ask that you bust into my life full force. I am always asking for You to grow me, but I rarely specify what I want growth in. Right now, I am requesting Your presence to be fully apparent in my life every day. Grow my knowledge and awareness of You over these next few weeks, Lord.
Thank you for all of the good and bad times we have shared together,
Your Little Warrior,
Brooklynn.
For those of you who are reading this, I want to ask you the same question that sparked the idea for this blog. “What has God done in the past few months to make you feel intimate with Him?” I want to challenge you to write God a letter just like I did, it won’t take but five minutes of your time. It doesn’t have to be formal either, you can have spelling mistakes, slang, and jokes. Just write to God like you are talking to a friend, I guarantee you will be changed by the results.
