The day has come, it’s finally here, today is the day I reunite with my beautiful sQuad to launch for The World Race! The World Race has been a dream of mine for a long time. For close to a decade I’ve been restless and though I may not have understood what my heart was yearning for I knew that I wanted something more. I wanted to travel, I wanted to see what else was out there, and I knew I wanted change. The past few years have been focused on trying to be the man that God has called me to be and though it feels like I have come so far already, this adventure is just beginning. I can’t wait to see what He will show me and how He will use me in the year to come.
The past few days I’ve been reflecting on my journey. I’ve been thinking about all of the times that I almost gave up on chasing my dreams and all of the times that God has shown up and shown me his faithfulness. For most of my life I’ve focused on my own limitations and shortcomings instead of focusing on the fact that God has none. It’s time for me to finally strike the word CAN’T from my vocabulary and start focusing on the unlimited possibilities that lay ahead for those who have devoted themselves to Christ!
In a recent blog I wrote about my struggles with self worth and my self confidence. I’ve always believed in God, believed in his power, and believed in miracles. I haven’t always believed that those miracles could happen for me. They can. While reflecting on my journey I’ve been focusing on all of the times that God has made the impossible possible and all of the times he has helped me rise up to overcome. For me, hitting my first two fundraising goals felt like miracles. I couldn’t see where the money was coming from, I didn’t know where else to turn for donations, but God provided. We are just $2,557 away from our next fundraising goal due February 28. I ask that each of you prayerfully consider bringing us closer to our goal. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far!
The Bible is full of stories of God making the impossible possible and of Jesus performing miracles. This year will be a special opportunity to go out into the world, share the good word, and to be an ambassador of Christ! I have a list of countries, a wonderful community of believers to travel with, my bags are packed, and I’m ready. I don’t know where in those countries God will lead me or who I will meet along the way. I know that He is with me and where He leads me, I will follow.
“The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps the greater.” – Tolkien
