Hello I am deep in my feels right now here in Africa so I’m ganna just share what’s on my heart with y’all.
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Recently I have been worried about the future. What am I going to do? Where am I going to go? Is it how I have planned for it to be? Will my plans get wrecked?
Recently I have been worried about home. Will my friends and family think I’m different? Will they still be proud of me? What if it’s not the same as before?
Recently I have been worried about right now. Am I taking advantage of every opportunity? Am I diving deep enough? Am I being a good steward of my time? Am I being a “good enough World Racer”?
Recently worry has been overcoming my mind, my body, and my soul.
What I hate most about worry is that it doesn’t change anything. You can worry all day long and still nothing has changed. Worry is a tool the enemy uses to warp our mind and fall deeper away from the lord.
When we choose to worry instead of trusting in Gods plan, we are choosing the enemy’s lies over our heavenly fathers truths.
So what can we do? Is there another option?? Is there another way???
YESSSS MY HOMIES THERE IS!!!!
Surrender your mind and sacrifice your thoughts.
Woah. Read that again.
Surrender your mind and sacrifice your thoughts.
When we surrender our mind to Jesus, only then can he enter in to heal the pain being caused by worry and to steer you in the correct direction. When we sacrifice our thoughts we are choosing to not run with worry in our thoughts, but actively choose to walk away and give your thoughts completely to Jesus, sacrificing your worry for healing.
As I have been walking through worry on the race for a multitude of reasons, I have come to find out that it holds so little power. When we are living in it and breathing it in, it feels like the weight of the entire world. When we surrender our minds and sacrifice our thoughts to Jesus, the power worry once holds slowly melts away. Your body relaxes, your mind slows down, and your chest loosens.
Things we need to stop doing to help remove worry from our lives:
- Stop worrying about what everyone thinks of your decisions, God is the only person we should be double checking our decisions with.
- Stop allowing yourself to sit in shame, repent to Jesus and feel the freeing forgiveness.
- Stop listening to the lies people tell you, go to God for reassurance and know that he died on the cross for you and loves you more than every star in the sky.
- Stop trying to be perfect, you never will be and only God can make our paths right
- Stop overthinking things, allow yourself to think in a filter format. What does Jesus think about this? What do I think about this? What does everyone else think about this? Which one is more important? (The correct answer is Jesus)
You are human. You are flawed. Your future will have hardship. Your past will have regrets. Your present isn’t perfect. BUT you are not suppose to be able to fix everything on your own… so stop trying. Surrender your mind to Jesus and Sacrifice your thoughts to him.
As I continue to figure out what life looks like for me after the race and as I try to stay present where I am at, I am even having to push myself in these areas. It’s not easy, but it is good.
I hope y’all got something from this and if y’all need any prayer requests PLEASE reach out to me! If you ever have questions PLEASE reach out to me. If y’all ever got bored and wanna tell me something random PLEASE reach out to me. I love hearing from you all back in the USA. 🙂
