Ever since I have been little something that I have always said is:
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK
No matter what was happening I knew that this was true. From bullies at school or on the bus, to illnesses and death, to accidents and injuries, to just every day life. Everything was going to be ok and it was going to get better.
So leaving for the race I had in my head that no matter what everything was going to be ok. If I had a disagreement with a team mate it was going to be ok, if I was missing home it was going to be ok, if I got sick everything was going to be ok, if I just was not feeling myself everything was going to be ok.
Now let me tell you that there is so much truth in that everything is going to be ok, but also sometimes it is ok to not be ok.
When I was in Ghana, in January, I was diagnosed with a Bacteria Infection, my worst nightmare, that really changes my perspective on everything was going to be ok. I was frustrated with the entire situation that was happening, I did not feel good, I had to go to the hospital, I had to take medication, and it kept me home from ministry for a few days.
At this point I could not see or say that EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK. I did not feel this way and I also did not want to tell myself that everything was going to be ok.
But my team came beside me and just shared truth with me. They shared that it is ok to sometimes say that you are not OK. It is ok to let people in and help you along to keep moving forward. But in the long run EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE OK. Even if I could not see it at that moment.
On the Race one of the first phrases that I like to learn in the new language is “IT IS OK”.
In Spanish it is “esta bien”, this was used more then I could even count in almost every conversation from, how are you, to how much food do you want, to I’m sorry that I just drove too fast over a speed bump and you hit your head on the roof.
In French it is “ca va”. Now when we were in Cote d’Ivoire this was used almost for everything and mainly the only word that we knew to communicate with the community that we were living with. It was used with the questions of how are you, how did you sleep, how is the food, how was your shower, and many more.
It is ok is something that I live everyday in the race with. That it is ok if today I am not ok. It is ok if ministry does not go the way that we were planing. It is ok if TODAY IS AMAZING!!!! It is ok, it is ok, it is ok. Do you know why? It is because God has us and he has already walked the path that you are walking right now. He planed everything in our lives and even if they seam like the worst thing in the world…. IT IS OK!!!!
SOOOOOO DRUM ROLLLLL……………………
I got a new tattoo!!! To always remind my self that “IT IS OK”. Also to start a conversation with others about why I have CA VA on my arm and be able to share with them that no matter what they are going through that it is going to be OK!!
LOVE
JULIA
