Month 1 is over. Done. Not getting it back. Thankfully, I can say that it was quite a fulfilling one. I’ve seen God show up and reveal things to me about my own life that has helped me deal with some flaws I have, flaws He’s helping me refine. I’ve seen God grow me in intimacy and community with Him. I’ve also grown in intimacy and community with this squad. You’d think it’d be easy getting close to people when you live with 53 persons and do life with them. Yes, it happens, but sometimes God gives you a small group of people that He’s going to use to grow and challenge you and use to push you towards the journey He wants you to have. I think that’s another thing I’m learning, that God’s got His own plan for how this Race is going to go for me, and it’s the best there is. I found a lot of peace in that. However, you don’t have to travel around the world for nine months to take peace in the direction God has for your life. He’s got a plan and a ‘Race’ for all of us, we just have to trust and step into it.
Something else I’ve learned in just these last couple of days is that the peace the Lord has given me is not just for me, but something that He meant for me to share with my squadmates, who are maybe struggling with where they’re at right now in life. Which, is exactly what the Race is: it’s just life. Yah, sure, we’re traveling the world, sharing the Gospel and seeing things and doing things that we may never get to do again in our whole lives, but it’s really just about doing life. It may have not been what our lives were like before, but God is asking us, by coming on the Race, to step into this new life, so that we can grow and become the persons that He destined us to be. Now that’s life change. Now, back to peace; I guess I feel like it’s the thing that God has given me to give away; It’s a way God wants me to serve my team and my squad. However, stepping into that is another thing. I don’t like going to people. I like when people come to me. I love conversation, but I love it on my terms. I think, as I’m typing this right now, that God wants me to step out and be a little uncomfortable. I don’t like that. But it’s okay, cause I have the peace of the Lord.
