Everyone has a point in their life when they know things will never be the same. A single moment; a sudden stop in time when they think “this is it, this is where I begin”. For some it’s graduation or getting married for others it’s having their first child or breaking an addiction. For me, it was when I got the call saying that I have been accepted on the world race gap year.
They first called me while I was at graduation practice. The cell reception was bad in the venue and I couldn’t understand what my mobilizer was saying so, we agreed to chat later. Truth be told I spent the whole two hours worrying about it as my mobilizer didn’t have a chance to tell me whether or not I had been accepted. We then played phone tag for another twenty minutes or so after practice. It wasn’t till I had started driving away from the fairgrounds with a friend that we were finally able to catch each other. I pulled over hoping to hear good news then put my phone on speaker phone so my friend could hear too. My mobilizer started speaking and as she said “Congratulations you’ve made the trip.” my friend and I looked at each other in amazement.
Then it happened: the moment. I hung up the phone silently. My friend screamed in excitement faster than I had even processed what had just happened. All of a sudden, my friend was screaming, and yet, it was silent all around me like life had paused for a moment. In that moment all I could think about was the future. I knew that from this moment nothing would ever be the same. I would have new adventures and new things to learn. My life was beginning, I was taking the next step.
After that moment I had snapped back into reality. And nothing was the same even then. After that moment something clicked, even my maturity had changed; My outlook had changed. It had all changed for the better. And nothing will ever be the same.
I am called to help the poor, the hungry, the thirsty, the hurting, the abused, and the broken.
