Throughout the last year countless people have prayed over me and told me that Jesus was calling me to live out a wild adventure with Him.
Then the World Race happened.
And it has been a wild adventure indeed.
It is hard to find words to the endless things I have learned this last season. The ways I have grown. The things the Lord has shown me, taught me and walked me through in 4 short months overwhelms my heart with joy. I am so grateful for this season, for this adventure with Him.
It's has been great, beautiful, hard, really stinkin fun, challenging, and growing. I have learned what it looks like to persevere. The Lord has given me His eyes for my sisters and brothers, and has taught me what it looks like to live a life of honoring others. To have grace, kindness, gentleness, love and joy be the things that dwell in my heart and be the fruits that I strive to bear in all that I do. Living in a culture that strives to be the hands and feet of Jesus as a way of walking out life, you can't help but want to be all that He has called us to be. And through that we get to share a small tangible glimpse of our Daddy's love. His love and light is infectious. It's a ripple effect. This world is a body of water, and we are a bunch of cannon ballers about to change this place with His LOVE.
I have learned through this season of leadership that I was invited into, that I get to share my excitement, my heart, my joy, that I can be a tool in creating atmospheres of experiencing His love, and most important that I can help point my sisters hearts to God. That I can encourage them, listen to God with and for them, that I can remind them of their identity in Christ, the King of Kings, our Daddy, the Lover of our souls. And no matter what I can love them the best way i know how.
God invited me into this season to stretch me, and show me new depths of His love. But he also invited me into this season to teach me how to be bold and confident in who he created me to be. There are times I just sit and laugh with Jesus, because I never knew that I could lead from a place of just being me, being the woman that God created me to be. And honestly, sometimes I still don't know why I was asked to step into this role, because a lot of the time I feel like I have no idea what I am doing. Then I stop, pray and ask.. and time and time again, all I see is His big fat smile, smiling down on me reminding me of who I am in Him….and this is what he has shared with me time and time again…
I am Erica Ann Brandich. Children's laughter is the love song of my soul. I am a daughter of the King, His dance partner in life. I am a friend to many. I am a believer, a lover of creation. I am joyful in spirit. I am a wild flower, rooted in His love. I am a fighter, preparing an army to overcome darkness. I am fun and creative. I am His hands in a broken world. I am His little girl, in constant pursuit after my Daddy's heart.
Even when I don't have all the answers, and this adventure gets a little more wild everyday, God has just stopped me and reminded me of who I am in Him. That I am His precious daughter with whom He is well pleased. I have complete trust that He has me exactly where I am supposed to be, every moment of everyday. It is so much fun living a life grounded in His steadfast love. Living a life ready to say "Yes, Lord," for whatever lies ahead. I pray I continue to grow closer to God, whatever it takes, whatever that looks like.
Todo es possible con dios,
Erica
