As I site flying home for Mississippi, I am amazed at God’s power and glory. I can’t believe at how God placed me in Mississippi this summer to grow me and mold me to be ready for the world race.
As I am flying through Chicago, I think of where I was spiritually when I flew through two and a half years ago on my way to and from England. I am amazed at the people and places God has placed in my life to help me to become the person I am today. As I fly though Chicago this time, I sit scared. I know that the next time I fly through will be to go on a life changing experience. I am scared because I know that God has chosen me for such great things. I am scared at the fact that I cannot be the back row Christian anymore. God has called me to so much more and I need to be involved in the church. I know that God has called me to be out in the front lines fighting the battle. I am scared because I would love to just sit back and watch everyone. I am just asking God to take away all of my fears.
The first few weeks I was in Mississippi, I was in shock. This summer has not been easy for me. I had many lessons to learn before I could even go on the World Race. God know this even before I signed up and put the desire to go to Mississippi in my heart. I managed to learn that being a hermit is great, but being in a cloud of witnesses is ten times better. It may have hurt me the first three weeks but I am now so thankful for all the people I met each week and being around so many awesome people. The learning did not stop there, God showed me how to truly rely on him and to do things that I don’t like to do. AIM has a thing called listening prayer that I never truly understood until this last week. I hate doing prayer walks because I am not patient enough to wait on God’s leading. I decided to start to wait on God this week. I had a prayer walk scheduled with Cogan Station. I did not want to go because I was feeling sick I told them to pray for God’s direction. One of the girls up praying said that she wanted to go to the ‘Blvd of broken dreams’. I looked at her and said sure. I had an idea of where it was at, but I am not sure we actually made it to the correct spot. We ended up being such a light to three or four people that we encountered. My prayer is that other people will talk to those people and guide them later on. The final thing I learned to do was discern my health. I now know when I need to sleep and when I can keep on going. God showed me how to tell when I am at a point of exhaustion.
I thank God now as I look back I can’t believe that the time has flown so fast. I can’t wait to see how God will mold me and shape me in the next year.
