I’ve been truly blessed throughout my fundraising process. Even with a late start in the game and all of my fundraising projects on the horizon I should be safely meeting my goals not only for June 29 but also for August!! (YAY!)
The cool thing about fundraising is that it is extremely faith building and humbling. I wish I could explain to you the feeling that comes over me each time I receive a donation. I am continuously overcome with joy and gratitude with every donation I see. God is definitely providing for me!! When I am having a rough day and think that fundraising is impossible and I check my donations it never fails that God has placed a significant amount more in my account. I am not making this possible; God is using you to make this possible. Which is an added bonus for me because it reminds me how lucky I am.
I am lucky for who I have in my life. I am lucky for how I am going to grow in God. I am lucky for this amazing and wonderful opportunity. Fundraising has taught me that the World Race is no longer just something I want to take part in. It is something that I have been chosen to be a representative for. Your faith in God and your faith in me to be your representative is more important to me than your money. You trust little ole me to be God’s hands and feet and mouth -that’s lucky.
The support that I am receiving is wonderful because it is uplifting. Parallel to opportunity is opposition. Some people believe that it is silly for me to work for Jesus outside of my city because He can use me where I am already living. Some people believe that I am not a good enough Christian to be used as a missionary. Others tell me that they’ve been working for God for X number of years and haven’t gotten any monetary hand outs so why should I. I’m here to tell you that I don’t believe that I am qualified for this mission. That is what makes it so scary. God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called. Every heartache and every battle only prepares me for the struggles I will endure on the race.
I cannot brag about my love for God because I fail Him daily, but I can brag about His love for me because it never fails. You can do two things with the bricks others throw at you: 1. Build a wall or 2. Build a path. If you build a wall around yourself it may keep the bad out but it also keeps the good out. Walls just keep you farther from God. If you take the bricks and make a path it gives you one more stepping stone for your leap of faith.
I may not be a perfect Christian. I am human, I am flesh, I am learning. God tells me that I am enough.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.” John 15:18 – Haters Gonna Hate
