- I remember that I accepted Christ into my heart on the first day of middle school.
- I remember being very skeptical of my faith on the first day of high school.
And scrolling through my Facebook timeline this last week I saw where my heart was the first day of college:
Fun fact #1 my friend Ken who commented on this post is currently on the World Race. I had applied for it without even knowing that someone I have known since middle and high school had also applied and been accepted for a route that left in July. I had no idea. I feel like its all a bit of Foreshadowing on God’s part.
Fun fact # 2 – I remember thinking God is so good. The blessings of that first day were overwhelming.
I showed up for my first class to find three friends from high school in the same class and two in my second class. A little piece of comfort for me in the midst of something new.
My last class of the day was my least favorite it was a general anthropology class that I did not even need. I had finished my Gen- ed classes in high school, but could not get into a core class so I just picked the only open class I could find. For the last three years all I could think about was what a waste of money that class was.
Well here I am in my last semester of college. Taking two classes related to my major and one online anthropology class to fulfill an “anything elective credit”. And to make a long story short I fell behind in this online class, and had a hard time with many of the assignments. I meet with a peer advisor two weeks ago who informed me that without passing this class I would not graduate in December before I leave on my World Race journey. And not only that, but because I would not be enrolled tow consecutive semesters I would have to reapply to be a UCF student and change my course catalog year and take all the additional classes that have been added. This all took me by shock. Tears started to flow, and the only advice the office had for me was to speak to a woman upstairs who handled “this sorta thing”
Praying the whole walk to her office God calmed my timid spirit and guided me in what to say… It was almost like He told this person what to say back. After overlooking my degree audit and what seemed like 5 minutes of complete silence she starting typing and discovered away that she could use that “useless” anthropology class I took my freshman year and substitute it for this anthropology elective. Now because of God’s grace I will be graduating in 12 days.
While I had no idea in what I was doing taking anthropology my freshman year. God knew exactly what He was doing.
This huge example of His grace was a humble reminder that it with His help, His wisdom, and His love that we succeed in what we do. Had I done better on the assignments, had I not fallen behind it would have been so easy for me to take credit in graduating. I am so thankful for this humbling reminder that all I do is through Him and for His glory.
The foundation of salvation is built upon us accepting and acting according to His grace, and nothing that we have done.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God – Ephesians 2:8.
With launch only 34 days away and my next deadline 16 days away I am reminded of His grace. I am not the one people are financially supporting. I am not the one earning all of these donations. It is God providing for me to be His servant, and it is God wanting me to trust in Him that He will provide. The same faith I had in God helping me through college is the same faith I have in that my deadline will be meet and God will bring me to launch for the World Race!
I still need $2,374 to meet my next deadline.
- Paper checks would need to be mailed in by the 4th of December
- And online donations need to be in by the 10th of December.
That’s about 8 days for over 2,000 to be raised. Again I trust that God will provide. Please prayerfully consider if He has placed it on your heart to donate and use you as part of this journey.
