Processing thoughts of a humble lover…
The August 2009 K-squad returned home last week. I just sent in my survey concerning the Final Debrief. The year they spent traveling around the world has brought them to month 12 – the rest of their lives…
They are ready and scattered. Sad my family isn’t near. Overwhelmingly excited for the God-sized dreams they get to carry out all over the world.
A week ago we were all together again in Hua Hin, Thailand for Final Debrief. It was five days of fellowship, worship, team debrief meetings, food, fun, and loving.
Even that week I had to lay down my expectations. I had to be reminded to continue, continue, continue to give up everything for Christ and God’s glory.
“My thoughts are completely different from yours,” says the Lord. “And My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55: 8, 9
Seriously, I never expected this is where I would be a year ago. The thought of the squad’s Final Debrief never crossed my mind. So, on the plane ride to Asia thought bubbles of what Debrief should look like came over me to make up for missed time. Experience. Selfish motives. Training. Habits. All tried to tell me what this week was going to look like.
I love Truth. Laying all of myself down before the Lord every morning allowed for His Spirit to move freely in my life and the lives of the Racers the few days we had left together.
And it was incredible!
I forgot I’m bad at good-byes. I remembered my World Race and my teammate buddy, Renee. We would kinda slip out the back whenever we had to make big emotional departures. And last week during the Debrief with the K-squad it hit me. We planned all the debrief meetings with each team back-to-back in one afternoon. By debrief #4 it hit me. Whoa. This is the end. This is the beginning.
I LOVE you all. So deeply and richly. I was honored to be with you last week. It was like Christmas to listen to all 40 hearts and stories of God’s goodness during the team debriefs. So blessed to be a part of this.
God’s outrageous. When you keep running, as you keep running – LOVE Him outrageously above EV-ER-Y-THING else.
How did I ever get picked to b a part of something SO good?? Guess, our God is that GREAT!
Hope to share more adventures and stories of what’s to come…
