It’s been awhile since i’ve actually sat down to write a blog. For that I apologize! But it seems that anytime I sit down to write I can’t wrap myself around all the things going on in my head to write anything. My Head is All Jumbled Up!
This is my attempt to try and give you a little glimpse into the craziness inside my head. Last month in Hungary was overwhelming. I spent a lot of time with some wonderful and amazing people. Our teams had been switched up a little to help build our squad community and because of that I was experiencing tons of freedom. I was experience so much freedom that I began calling myself a freedom whore because we often sat down as a team at night and by the end of it I was crying because I realized I was so full of pride. I was constantly being called out, and I owe a huge thank you to Ashley Higgins for having enough courage to call me out on my crap.
So I’m sitting here in the lobby of my hostel in Turkey and it’s hard to imagine the person I was at the beginning of Hungary. This month we’ve had a lot, and I mean A LOT, of down time. I’ve spent a lot of that time digging into God’s Word.
For years I’ve said that the Bible is one of my favorite books but recently I’ve been really convicted about that! How can I say that this book is one of my favorites when I have NEVER read the whole thing. I don’t have any other books that I call my favorites that I haven’t actually read ALL of. So in Hungary I began reading the Bible.
Before coming on the race I had a goal of reading the WHOLE Bible before returning home. Well the race started and I hardly ever opened my Bible. I spent most of my time in Ireland saying I wanted to read the Bible and a few times I made attempts at reading, but like before it didn’t last very long. The same thing happened in Moldova. BUT something changed in Hungary and God changed my heart. It wasn’t till the end of the month when i finally had a designated reading program, and I’m excited to know that my goal to read the WHOLE Bible before returning home will happen!
Since stepping out in Faith and pressing into God I’ve learned a lot. Over the next couple days my goal is to get my thoughts and the things I’ve learned out in words for all to understand. I’m not the same person who left in August and I’m not the same person from a month ago. God has done some awesome things in me and with the help of the Holy Spirit I will be able to share those things with you in coming blogs.
*My friend Austin-Lee Barron deserves all credit for the photo above*
