It’s finally happening! I left this morning for Atlanta and my launch to the World Race starts Sunday night. It’s weird how you can plan for something for almost a year and yet still be shocked when it actually happens. I mean…am I really about to set out around the world for 11 months?
It’s a little insane, really. Goodbyes were tough. It’s a weird feeling to say goodbye to everyone and everything you call home. It actually hit me a little harder than I expected. When I’ve moved before it didn’t seem so finite. I could always visit and take my things with me. This time, however, it seemed as if I was saying goodbye to a part of me that is dying. I doubt I will look at my world the same when I come back. Everything will be similar, yet so different. This time period of my life is over and I’m going into a new phase. It’s funny…I don’t know if I’ve ever been so aware of the phase shifting in my life. It has just happened. This time…I feel it.
But amidst this beautiful struggle, something amazing is about to be birthed in me, and in God’s Kingdom. I can only compare it to waiting for my sister to have my nephew. I knew it was coming for months, planned for it, dreamed for the future, and held her hand as she expertly navigated 55 hours of labor. I witnessed how the roughest pain of her life yielded the most beautiful joy! I know that God is doing a mighty, crazy, life-altering work right now and I can’t wait to see the results.
Something amazing is about to happen! If I were in a movie the music would be changing to something exciting…gearing up for the hero’s long-awaited victory. The camera would scan to the villain’s terrified resignation as he realizes it’s just a matter of time now before he loses forever. He would try to concoct some Hail-Mary type of diversion to stop the hero, but of course, it would fail.
This last month has seen a lot of desperate attempts on behalf of the enemy trying to stop my entire squad. He’s losing and he’s desperate. But we have not been fighting alone and it has definitely not been in vain. Thank you to those that are praying for me and my squad/team. We are winning! God is doing amazing things. The hero’s song has just started and God’s kingdom is here!!! Can you hear it?
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