Project Search Light (the world race final meet up) is over. Our squad has had their last worship circle. We hugged goodbye and I know things will never be the same.
Sure I will probably see most of these amazing people again. At least I better!
But we will never be like this again.
We will not be living life together again unless God places me somewhere near one of my squad mates. But for the foreseeable future this is it.
We have laughed together, cried together, shared parts of our lives with each other that we’d never shared with anyone, and we’ve been places together that most likely we will never see again.
It will never be same.
I will never be the same and that’s a good thing.
You see God taught me so much over the last 11 months. He showed me things and gave me experiences I never deserved to have. He blessed me beyond anything I could have ever imagined possible.
People have asked me how the year was and how did it impact my life. Honestly, I want to ask them how long do you have, because that could take a while. But tonight I asked God these questions.
He responded with I have tasted His love, His true love and He doesn’t want me to ever loose the wonder. I am in utter awe of my Lord and Savior and I don’t ever want to loose that. If I never loose that everything else will just fall into place, at least the things that really matter.
He has shown me this year how to have childlike faith and truly live in wonder of his goodness.
WE SERVE A GOOD GOD!!
Before the race I would have said yes of course I believe that God is good. But now I have EXPERIENCED his goodness and I am never going back! I truly see the world in living color and I’m living in the light and I choose to never loose this wonder!!!
Yea those are song lyrics, but God used them today to show me how I’ve changed.
“Religion can be so black and white. Jesus calls us to see the world in living color!” (Shout out to my squad mate Liz for that quote!) When we truly count the cost and live for him we see things so differently. We count the cost and we follow Jesus into the unknown. I am now choosing to see everyone the way Jesus does. I may never do this perfectly, but he is teaching me more of how to do this everyday. He sees the world and people through the lens of unexplained love. He has molded me into someone who is never going to get over his beautiful love!!! I’ve seen it first hand! I’ve seen his love and his power. I’ve seen healings and people’s lives radically changed. I’ve seen people walk right out of darkness into his beautiful freedom.
Jesus calls all believers to walk in his authority and boldness.
I have learned what that really means and I choose to do it! I have chosen to pray with the great power and authority of Jesus against Satan’s lies and entanglements. He wants us to just stay sleeping and go through the motions. Friends we have to be aware of his schemes because he’s real and we are in a real battle. But I can see life in living color because I also know that my Jesus has won the war! He has overcome Satan and the enemy has no power over us! All we have to do is shut him down! But we have to do it! It’s an active choice. A choice I want to make everyday of my life. I choose to no longer allow the enemy into my house, job, or friends and family’s lives. This is the fight of our lives and just sitting by and letting it happen is not okay!
I challenge you to ask Jesus if you are seeing the world in living color? Are you seeing the Jesus way?
I just left my last squad mate at the airport. My world race is officially over! But this is not just an end. This is a beautiful beginning. I will be forever grateful for not only the experiences I had the opportunity to have this year, but more than that how God has used them to ignite my fire to bring His kingdom on this earth! May I never loose my wonder in Jesus name. Amen!
This will be my final World Race blog! It has been such a joy sharing my story with you over the past year. If you are interested in hearing it in person please contact me either via this blog or on shoot me a message and we will set up a meet up! Love you all and I am so appreciative of all of your love and support along this journey! You are making an eternal impact and contributing to bringing His Kingdom on this earth.
Here’s our last picture as X-Squad! We have been commissioned to go into all the world and make disciples! I love each one of these people (those pictured and those not) like my family and I will praying for each one as they serve around the world and different parts of the United States. We are all changed and we are not going back!
