I strongly dislike fundraising. Like a whole lot. It’s stressful, it’s uncomfortable, it’s scary, and it’s not something I want to have to do. Signing up for the World Race I thought, I’m going to pray a couple of times about it and the money is just going to come in. I can give it to Jesus and I won’t have to do any work, right? How wrong was I?
My friend Lucie summed up my feels in her last blog post:
“My whole life I’ve been chill. No worries, all good, go with the flow kinda vibes, so having to fundraise didn’t really sit well with me. I was going to have uncomfortable conversations, I was going to inconvenience people, I couldn’t just say ‘na don’t worry about it’. I needed people’s help, and I needed to ask for it. I projected this idea that deep down everybody saw me as a selfish, unrealistic kid trying to live it up off their money. I thought people just sponsored me out of pity. When I told them my heart for what I was doing I saw them smiling and nodding to my face, but imagined them going home and saying “Who does Lucie think she is…”
I had this mindset that fundraising was selfish, because I was asking you for your money for me; when obviously you need your money for you.
It was then that I realized in trying to avoid being selfish, I was actually being extremo selfish. Because this is not about me.” (Check the full blog out HERE)
Can I just say when I read this I was so convicted. I have made this whole fundraising thing about me, when in actuality it’s all about the Creator who has given me the opportunity to spread His word to a lost and dying world.
Through a little research I found the several places in the Bible where great men took up offerings and fund raised for their ministries. Moses- Exodus 25,35,36; David- 1 Chronicles 29; Hezekiah- 2 Chronicles 31; Nehemiah – Nehemiah 1&2; Even Jesus received support in Luke 8:1-3!
I’m at a point where I refuse to look at fundraising as being a burden to others. When I raise money to further His Kingdom it is an act of worship! I’m praying that He will give me a renewed boldness and discernment when asking for support!
I have another $4,800 to raise this next month. I am boldly asking that you support the work Jesus in doing in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Bolivia, Chile, The Balkans, Greece, Romania, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Rwanda. You can do this by clicking on the orange support me button at the top of my blog. If you are interested in supporting me monthly contact me at [email protected].
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