Training camp was a week and a half ago, wow! God just turned my world upside down in one short week. I was challenge, reassumed, and overwhelmed. Here is what happened:
The first night it rained…hard. The next day I had completely drenched everything, and as a result I wore the same outfit for three days. Welcome to the World Race :). For the first few days, most of the day consisted of teaching sessions that were on some deep subjects. I felt as if the speaker was reading my diary to get sermon topics. There were several times at the beginning of the week that I thought “What am I doing here.” Then God opened the doors to my heart and spoke to me.
There are things that are going to challenge me on the race that He wanted me to face:
A fear of not being good enough
Learn to let go of past hurt before it destroys me
Break down walls to let people in
A fear of rejection
Stop fleeing from discomfort…Oh no!
Not wanting to mess up God’s work
Once He started to reveal these things to me, I knew I couldn’t just ignore them like I wanted to do, but I had to face them head on. As soon as I felt discouraged about the challenge of next year, we started to form teams and learn more about intimacy with God. It was like putting aloe on a burn…perfection! He was opened my eyes to a whole new level of intimacy once I stepped out of my comfort zone.
If training camp is any indication of what the next year will look like, I will be pushed and will struggle. But it will always be a time of wonderful growth with Christ like I have never experienced.
