a year ago i never would have told you that my life's plan, the one i had developed for myself over the years with lots and lots of planning and lots and lots of hard work, would be gone. a year ago if something had messed up that plan i would have cared. not anymore.
i was blessed with parents who raised me in the church. parents who loved me and taught me the fundamental and essential biblical truths. but over the years church became a habit, and God became that long-lost relative you only see at reunions.
but God always had a plan for me, and looking back now i can see how God worked in my life and developed me over the years to prepare my heart, body, and soul for a greater purpose than i ever could have given myself.
God's plan and timing is so perfect, and when i moved to Augusta, Ga for nursing school, He used an outreach ministry called MCO, the leadership and friendship of some wonderful girls, and His Holy Spirit to really work in my heart and question my luke-warm life for God. it took a year of inward and outward battles, with myself and with God, before all the convictions and all the Scripture that had been laid on my heart finally hit home. and this june, on a medical mission trip to Peru with MCO, i made that life-change.
my life before was full of earthly satisfactions. earthly plans. earthly goals.
my life now i have fully commited to God and to serving His purpose, going out to all nations to make His name known and to bring Him glory, honor, and power!
and that is why i'm so excited to go on the world race- july 2012! to grow spiritually, to live in community, to become radical for God, and to spread the word that God has saved us, God has blessed us, so that we may make all the earth see His glory.
i still struggle with sin, i still struggle with wanting to be the one in control. but sanctification is a life-long process, and God has been so faithful in breaking me down and building me back up only to bring me closer to Him. i'm so excited to see how God is going to use this experience to alter my life and how He is going to use me to alter the lives of others. i look forward to keeping you all updated for the before, during, and after World Race moments!
oh and one more thing- God in my life is not a phase!
