Upon first reading this blog title you probably thought it was going to be some really weird blog about astrology or something. Lucky for you it’s not. However I was born in March and my sign is Pisces which is a fish. If you haven’t read my blog about training camp called Sleepovers and Fish Soup stop reading immediately and go read that one first! But God really got an important message across to me using a bird and a fish.
Fast forward: since I’ve been on the world race I’ve really been questioning God’s will for my life. On the one hand, I miss and love my life in America. I could see myself living a typical American life, getting married, having kids, driving an SUV, and being a typical middle class American soccer mom. I’ve always thought that would be my life because I’ve never been out of the country to see any different. Now all of that has changed. I have been out of the US and I have seen different. Although life overseas has not been comfortable by any means, it’s felt so natural. I’ve really struggled with the thought that God may actually be calling me to leave the life I’ve always dreamed of to live a life of poverty in a third world country as I have been the past two months. The thought of this terrifies me.
Then, the other day when we were having team time we were prophesying over each other. When it was my turn to be prophesied over (the person being prophesied over was anonymous) my team mate Jessica had a vision for me that meant a little bit more than usual. She said that she saw a flock of birds flying over a stream and then she saw a fish trying to jump out of the water to join the birds. When she asked for clarification on this God told her that I was the fish and stop trying to be a bird. That even though I am a fish I’m going to be a really great fish. I took that as right now I’m trying to be a bird. And even though I’m having a lot of fun, my place is in Texas and God will use me to do great things there.
