Are you here to experience this adventure or to have the experience?
What I mean is sometimes i find myself thinking ahead to when i’m back in the states and the race is finished i’ll have a really cool story to share for the rest of my life. Then i snap back to the present and realize that isn’t where my thoughts should be going. I want to fully experience this crazy adventure for all that it is. The good. the bad. and the ugly. I want the community even when i don’t want it. I want to worship God even when i don’t feel like it. I want to experience everything God has in store for me. I want to share all the love i have inside of me with orphans, widows, missionaries, pastors, lost souls…everyone i come in contact with.
What I don’t want to happen is to check out until December and miss out on the experiences and divine appointments God is preparing for myself and my team at this very moment. By putting myself on “auto pilot” I can take my eyes off the road so to speak and forget why i’m here. It’s not so that i have a cool story. I want to truly make a difference in someone’s life. I want my presence to change lives. This is only going to happen if Jesus is shining through my life. I want him on my face. I want to carry him wherever i go.
