For some reason I haven’t been compelled to blog anything, partly because I don’t feel like I have anything fantastic that is worthy of a good blog. And to compound matters, I have felt guilty not blogging because I seem to be the only one not blogging. Well, I have FINALLY felt convicted to blog, and I did not expect it to be about my conversation with one of my fellow team and squad members, Jen Langes.
I got to know Jen a bit towards the end of training camp, and she mentioned before a training session one evening that she was interested in an accountability partner for the next two months before our launch in January. For some reason, I have been avoiding an accountability partner for some time now. However, without reservation, I said something to the extent of, “Sure, let’s be accountability partners; even though I don’t really want one, I probably need one.” We didn’t know each other that well (we had only been talking about five minutes at that point), but for some reason, it just felt right.
We have decided to go through the book of Matthew before our launch date and talk at least twice a week via phone in order to do so. We began our first “session” last week, and tonight was our second. I am so glad that we agreed to be faithful and diligent as accountability partners because we called each other out on things and had some very raw and honest conversations this evening. We shared things that we have been holding on to and not wanting to let go of. I, for one, begrudgingly but openly shared some things that few people know about. Transparency is so freeing and both of us were reminded tonight of our “junk” and things we currently are and will be struggling with over the next year while on The Race. Find someone who will listen when you share your struggles and not judge you; trust me, it is so worth it.
