Do you ever reallllllly wish you had copy-and-pasted your blog post before you clicked the save button and it deleted the whole thing?? Haha-that just happened. So we shall start over 🙂 I am now back in Kentucky after getting to see some awesome friends in Georgia, going to training camp for the race, and paying a quick visit to Knoxville to see some sweet sisters. So much has happened in the past week, but I’ll try and make this post brief.
If I had to sum up training camp in one word it would be FREEDOM.
Freedom from past mistakes, worry, self-regret, guilt, and shame. As believers, we are FREE in Christ! When Jesus died, He took all of our sin and past mistakes with Him to the cross. We are no longer chained to those things! Until this past week, I still had my fingers tightly grasped around my past and feelings of self-regret. At training camp, God freed me from that bondage through my brothers and sisters praying over me and speaking truth to me. I will not listen to the devil’s lies that the past defines today. It does NOT and God has broken all of those chains! Praise the Father for that!
“Then you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.”
John 8:32
Freedom from feeling pressure to appear perfect and have it all together.
Freedom to lay all of my hopes and dreams at the feet of Jesus. Even those for the Dominican and Esperanza Vision.
Freedom to be who I am in Christ and not care about what others think.
Freedom to dream BIG and view nothing as impossible.
Freedom to be consumed by the Holy Spirit and His direction in my life.
Freedom to take on my full identity as a daughter of the King.
Freedom to go with these passion-filled brothers and sisters to bring the hope of Christ to the world, to heal the sick, to break the chains of oppression, to bring light to some of the darkest places, and to see the Kingdom of God come on Earth as it is in Heaven!
I get to spend 4 months with these AMAZING people, sharing Jesus and His love with the nations! Ahh! I am so excited and couldn’t be more blessed!
AND, I am so humbled and thankful for everyone who has been so supportive of me spiritually, financially, emotionally, mentally… the list could go on and on! You all bless me. Thank you so much for sharing in this journey with me. I love you all 🙂
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