teammate of mine. She lives in
Dallas and she was having a hard time finding peace about the next season of
her life. She wanted me to speak
into her situation. My first
thought – “I’ve got to get to Dallas.”
First she said she wouldn’t be around at the right time to fit my
schedule. At first I was
discouraged, then I decided to change the schedule. Another of our World Race squadmates also lives in Dallas so
I decided I would drive to the lone star state and wait for my teammate, Abby,
to arrive.
As the Race wound down we talked a lot about how we would
drive across the country for one another. We said that if there was ever any
reason we needed one another we would stop at nothing to be there. It feels good to have put my gas money
where my mouth had been.
The last couple of days I’ve been waiting for Abby to arrive and I’ve been
blessed to spend some time with Alex, the squadmate who lives in Dallas. We’ve been able to eat good food, drink
good beer, see some good movies and the Lord has even allowed me to be a
reminder to Alex that the World Race was real. That she really is powerful. To remind her that he really does have a plan for her and
that she’s right where she needs to be.
She simply needs to take a leap in the direction she feels led.
As we finished talking over Monday Night Football, Alex told
me she felt like she was permitted to dream again (sometimes it’s tough to
dream big when you’ve finished the Race and you don’t think you can go any
bigger). I felt so blessed to have
been allowed to be there in that moment and I was reminded why I’ve said before
that I wouldn’t mind if the Lord called me simply to have lunch (or beer and
wings) with people for the rest of my life, encouraging and empowering them.
It’s been nice to have the opportunity to speak into the
lives of my World Race brothers and sisters. It’s also a nice reminder that the Lord has called me to
speak into the lives of people I may not know quite as well. I want to see the Church empowered and
I would be thankful if some of that happened as the Spirit speaks through me.
In the meantime I’m going to listen real hard and try to
speak from the heart. I’m going to
build trust with the people around me and try to live up to it once it’s
there. I’m going to drive to
Dallas when he calls me and continue to listen to Him at home. I’m going to love people more than I do
crime drama and pray that the Lord keeps this life interesting.
I love you all for reading my heart. I thank you for your
encouragement. Please stick around
to hear more of the ways the Lord is challenging me and making His light shine
in my life.
