No- there isn't a typo…
But because most of you are on your Spring Break,
I thought it would be fitting to tell you about my Sprint Break–
If any of you knew me when I was an athlete, you knew that I could sprint-
I am a sprinter.
But I could NOT run long distance.
I’d rather go 100% and give all I have for a short amount of time, get a quick break, then go again, rather than to run for 30 minutes, trying to figure out a good pace, and the proper breathing and running technique.
I got to a point in my race where I had just about had it.
A part of me wanted to give up -I was exhausted.
I was tired of…
Because I am a sprinter.
I came to realize the same is true in my walk with the Lord.
I go all in for a short amount of time…
…and then I’m ready for a break.
Then I RUN RUN RUN, with everything I am…
…then I take a break.
4 weeks ago, I was ready for a break.
I knew I still needed $4,300 to get to Cambodia. With a deadline approaching in 3 weeks,
I didn’t know where the money would come from, but at that point, part of me thought about going home….
I stopped seeking Him daily.
I was back & forth in my relationship with Him instead of being steadfast.
I hit some personal struggles at this time, along with some other factors going on around me.
I was stressed & tired & I just had enough. So I stopped running…
& that is when He stepped in. Within 3 weeks, the Lord provided $3,700.
I was in complete awe and knew that I wasn’t going home any time soon…
It gave me motivation.
I know the Lord is fighting for me, but to know that you, my supporters, my prayer warriors, are fighting for me to…
It reminded me to run. Even when the race is hard…
RUN.
This race is not a sprint; it is a long-distance run that I must endure…
I can’t stop running when I feel like it. I must persevere…
Through the hard times, through the times when I want to give up, I must press on…
When I was in high school my older brother Nathan and I were working out one day. I was getting tired, and I wanted to stop… I didn’t think I could go anymore… and He said,
“Hayden, when you don’t think that you can do anymore… do 2 more.”
And that stuck with me forever.
So, as I step out of Malaysia into Cambodia for month 7, I will say…
Just when I thought I couldn’t do anymore… I will do 5 more.
I will RUN my race.
Thank you supporters. I am blessed by you all.
God is good…
My team and I are working in Phnom Penh, Cambodia at a church and their Daycare. Please pray that the Lord directs our paths this month and that we can LOVE these Cambodian people the way He calls us to love.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” –Hebrews 12:1
