With this blog title I am sure you assume this is about something someone did to me and I took the high road to handle a situation. In fact that is not at all what it is about. In this journey and chapter of my life God is leading me on a high road with descents as well as ascents. Throughout this journey there has definitely moments when I am so pumped ready for this to begin and there are moments when I am so afraid of what life will be like while I am gone and scared in the fact it is moving on without me here.
This semester of my life has been one of the craziest transitional periods I have ever experienced. I graduated and thought I would get a job, get married and begin a "normal" life but those things seemed so small to me once I realized what God was calling me to. In this blog I want to share some God moments I have had in the past few weeks that have really been ascents in this high road I am traveling.
First, I talk about my work a lot because even though it might just be a serving job, God has really showed himself to me through our guests and I have been able to grow in my faith there. The other night it was a typical evening at work with people complaining, getting angry and tipping badly. Working in the service industry makes you loose hope in people a lot. One of my tables I dropped their check and saw them writing I thought to myself oh man they hated me and are writing me a nasty note (in which I have received before) so I went and picked it up gave them a smile and told them to have a great afternoon. I looked down at the receipt and it had written on it "Because he loves me, says the Lord, I will rescue him, I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. -Psalm 91:14-15 I had seen these ladies pray before their meal but sometimes I feel that is as far as the relationship goes. I quickly ran over to their table before they left to thank them for taking time to care about my relationship with God. They said they had spend some time in prayer and that was the specific verse God laid on their heart for me. It really restored my hope in people. It's these little moments that God shows me yes there are a lot of lost people but if you look around you also have many brothers and sisters to lift you up.
Second, today I got online to check my account on the World Race as I so often do and I had an anonymous donation. It meant the world to me that I don't know where all the money for this trip is coming from but even though I might not know everyone in the world, God does.
A verse I read today that really spoke to me was "For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." -2 corinthians 4:17 I can't wait to travel around the world and share the truth that has set me free and given me hope. Even though right now seems like a crazy transition it is exactly where I should be. Disruptions in our routine should highlight our dependence on God. Wow thats mind blowing. God has put so many kinks in "my plan" this year and disrupted "my routine" and that was all to strengthen my dependence. The way God knows my life is far greater than I could ever try to plan for myself. God is good. I am blessed to serve a God I don't even have to worry or think or plan because if I leave it to him it will all work out. I can live a wonderful, loving and care free life.
