“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find it; knock, and it will be opened to you” -Matthew 7:7
Most of us are familiar with this verse, and usually pretty good at putting it into practice in our prayer lives. In my alone time with God I often find myself asking and seeking out His will and guidance in my life. Sometimes though, I wish I hadn’t! Example: the last several months I’ve been praying very intentionally and specifically for my trip, my fundraising, my squad, the countries and lives I’ll have the chance to encounter in the coming year. . . you know, light stuff! A theme I keep circling around is “independence” and how backwards of a view I can have on it and how it and I need to change. We live in a culture where the strong independent woman is something to be admired and worked towards, now don’t get me wrong, I’m not about to dive into a man/woman relationship spiral. . . I am, however, about to dive into a woman/God slash woman/community relationship spiral!
If you had asked me several months ago if I thought I was one of these strong independent women, I would have said I was on the border. . . I would have been wrong, but that’s what I would have said! God has shown me that I have a VERY “independent woman” mindset, you see, I thought “I can accept help” “I know I have limits”, hence my thinking that I was just borderline independent. Here’s what I never thought about, yes, I can “accept” help, but can I ask for it? I know I have limits, but do I share them in community or do I try and push through them so that no one finds them out? Although I find it *somewhat* easy to be transparent with God and ask for help and guidance, I don’t have the same view when dealing with community, the people God has put in my life for the purpose of walking beside me, helping me, loving me. He keeps bringing to mind that sometimes the help He is providing me, is in the form of the community He has placed around me.
So, here is the ask, here is the transparency, I NEED help!
There is no doubt in my mind that God has called me to the World Race, with that call comes a heavy financial obligation that I can not meet on my own. I am 2 weeks away from my launch deadline of $7500 and am still in need of $3300. I’m asking you, my community, to help me meet this deadline by praying for God’s provision, donating any amount you feel led by clicking the Support Me tab found here on my blog and sharing this with your friends and family. I want you to know, your donations don’t help me see the world, they help me share God’s love and faithfulness with it. Thank you for walking with me, helping me and loving me so well!
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.” – Luke 10:2-3
