How to keep it short and simple for this blog about training camp I have no idea… but I’m going to try….
Training Camp. Mentally, Physically, and Emotionally draining. A time of difficulty, discomfort, and freedom. How can all three of those words describe a 10 day event? I still have no idea…. But I kinda do.
I knew walking into training camp there would be certain points I’d face. Points that they tell racers about before hand. Here are some of the points:
Discomfort
Abandonment
Honesty
Brokenness
Freedom
Interdependence
Those are just a few, and I found myself at each one of those points along the training camp time. Within these major points of training camp I learned some truths that came and found me there and still have stuck with me almost a month later….
Don’t be afraid of Brokenness. Honey, it’s going to come no matter if you like it or not! *thanks a lot, Holy Spirit
Discomfort is needed for true reliance on God
He is a GOOD Father (I keep revisiting this truth especially after the Paris attack)
Satan’s strategy is for us to be isolated; he wins when we’re in the dark (lifelong lesson there)
I could go on and on about spiritual but reality lessons that I learned and will continue to learn from training, but that would take days and you probably have things to do. But I will tell you that there isn’t one thing that I did not appreciate at training camp. And I do not regret any aspect of my 10 days that felt like 2 days some times and 100 days other times. Training camp was just a glimpse of what life for the next year could look like. People ask me if training camp made me not want to go or made me want to go even more. No, every hour there tugged more on my heart to go on this Kingdom Journey and made me realize even more how much I need Him to take another step.
“I am always doing that which I cannot do,
in order that I may learn how to do it”
So you wanna hear about some of my best times at training camp and also some of the best people on this planet?…. I’ve got a double whammy for you. Check out the next post “If you’re here for a good time”…..
