It’s month 9. And I’m jumping. Im jumping into a new season, because this one is almost done. I’m jumping not leaping. Many people say “Take a leap of faith”, but I think leaping is for sissies. Leaping means still having control over your body and knowing exactly where you land. However jumping means loosing all control, letting your body flail about as you fall, but jumping also means trusting that at the end of the fall, the Lord will catch you. This race has been a jump not a leap. There has been times of climbing then falling, over and over again. It’s been hard, it’s been at times full of tears, and it has wrecked me and the person I thought I was, but more importantly, after every climb Jesus grabbed my hand and says let’s go farther. After very hard moment, He holds me in his arms. He’s wiped every tear and after every emotional wreckage Jesus has built me up stronger to be more like him. He has shown me grace, acceptance, and deep deep love like I have never experienced before. This is the world race, the most beautiful experience. For 9 months, I have experienced freedom, the joy of the lord, and found who I am in Him. I have built relationships I know will last a lifetime. I have lived in a community that pushes me closer to Christ every minute, but also sits and lets me eat an entire pizza by myself. They are my sisters and I couldn’t ask for better ones. This race has added 50+ people to my family. And with them I’ve gotten to experience the world. God has shown me what cultures from every continent look like and how there is such beauty in each of them. He has shown me one thousand smiles from businessmen in the big cities of Ecuador to the broom farmers in mountain villages of India. He has shown one thousand ways to worship him from conservative hymns to the shouting and dancing churches in Africa. Through all these things and more I’ve seen Him. I’ve seen Jesus in one thousand different ways all because I took one jump. Just one jump into the unknown. These 9 months are almost over and they have been part of an incredible season in my life, but the coolest part is that I know this only the beginning. I know that this is not the best year of my life, but only an intro to all the things the Lord has for my time of this earth. So here is to the last 9 months and to the last month of the race, but also to all the days, the months, and the years to come.
