Abba, Father.
Lover.
Friend.
Comforter.
Provider.
Giver of Hope.
World Breather.
Good Father.
Soul Quencher.
A list of ways God has revealing Himself to me during the beginning of the World Race. It’s just the start, but the God has been too good to me, like always of course!
I have the amazing opportunity to serve my squad (R-Squad) as one of the Logistics leaders. What we do is, we (Jenna Wiles, Erin Cramer, & myself) plan all the travel for the whole squad. So, when we travel from country to country we have to arrange for everyone to get from point A-B, B-C, C-etc… It has been described as “Cat Herding” by many Alumni. Going into this whole travelling around the world thing, making flights and moving the squad all over each airport, I hadn’t ever been on a plane. Let alone been anywhere pass the front doors of an airport. You could imagine how excited/nervous it could be for someone in my position. But, I know God has an awesome plan to us me during all of this.
It takes a lot of faith to want and love to help over 50 people move in something that you’ve never done.
So, here we were about to move to our first flight. Finally my first plane ride and I was so excited. I thought to myself, “Why haven’t I ever been on a plane? Have I just never really had the right opportunity to ride one my whole life?” When living in Oklahoma all your life you just get used to driving to which ever state you need to go to because usually its a lot cheaper than flying. Also, might I add that I haven’t ever been out of the country. The whole squad was caught off guard after hearing my little confession. Especially since I was someone who they had to put all their trust in for all the travel arrangements. They never bashed on me for it but was excited for me to experience it.
Most of you reading this have probably been on a plane at least one point in your life. I’m sure you can remember all the feels from going into in and the actual first flight. Maybe you were really young but I’m 23…
I’m not going to say the flight was really crazy or anything out of the ordinary, because it was just a normal flight. But, God did speak to me through it..
As we were up in the sky I got to sit at the window. Which gave me a cool first time flyers experience. I got to looking at the Earth in a whole new way I’ve never seen it. I’ve haven’t always looked for God’s presence in nature but He has been blowing my mind for the past few months. The flight was another way God professed His love for me. Getting to see the beauty of our Creator in a new light as I flew through and over the clouds of Atlanta. He was showing me that these are things I have always wanted to see and He wanted to give them to me to see.
In nature God has been romancing me with all the little details. From the wind flowing through the trees, the mist in the Appalachian Mountains throughout the gorge, and to the pillars of clouds dancing over the Earth.
This has been something I’d been praying for. I want to know God in new ways. I want to worship Him in ways I’ve never imagined to be worship. If you ask, you will receive.
But there is more…
Not only has He poured love over me through the beauty of nature but He wanted me to see how big He is. Because sometimes God will reveal how big He is to us but throughout time we will slowly start thinking more selfishly. We will put God in a box and not bring all of ourselves to Him. We just keep Him around when its convenient for us. We’ll try to do everything ourselves out of our own power. Afterwards it leaves us tired, stressed, or broken. Good thing our Father loves us so much! If it were me and I was always there for someone with the proper solution that’ll result in good favor for them, but they keep ignoring me… Well I’d probably just give up on helping and turn my back on them. Good thing I don’t have my own universe Hahaha.. Our Father is a good father.
I looked out across the landscape as we slowly descended back to the ground, I couldn’t help but notice that I couldn’t see a single person. The vehicles were plenty small enough and to imagine how small we are compared to this world… My heart felt guilty for letting myself become the center of my own world. This is God’s universe! He is so vast and full of power. Yet He takes the time to give me the simple beauty of the nature to whisper into my ear that He Loves Me!
and.. YES!!! HE LOVES YOU TOO!!!!
Maybe after reading this look at how small our planet it compared to the universe.. this universe was spoken into existence by a Holy and Almighty Being that not only creates galaxies from His words. But Who has knitted together the smallest details of life itself..
Just know that Jesus was sent here to die on the cross because God loves YOU so much. Now that’s a big God that truly loves and cares for romancing us back to Him. Let Him quench the longing thirst of your soul. You won’t be disappointed.
