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Loving the “uncomfortable”….

It was the moment we had all been waiting for…  It felt exactly like the time when we were at training camp waiting for our teams to be announced…

This moment was when they would announce where we would be going for ministry in Thailand…

I was nervous and I wanted to run. 

Guess What–  Just like with teams..  It happened again….  God called me to be “uncomfortable”.

First of all, can we just say praise God that He didn’t let me make my own decision about what team I wanted to be on…  My team knows this, so its ok to say… But when  I was first told what team I was going to be on, I was very upset…  I didn’t think it was a good mix and I wanted it my way..

Immediately upon starting the race, I fell in love with my team.  We are a perfect mix..  God did such a better job than I ever could have done..  He knew exactly who I needed to be surrounded by and I thank Him everyday for giving me the most awesome big sisters anyone could ask for..  These girls were exactly who He ordained me to be with and I was so blinded by myself that I could not see it.  I now see that if I could see the big picture, I would have hand picked everyone of these girls myself..
 


My ministry for this month is in Chaing Mai with only one of my teammates(Shannon).  I will be honest, this really upset me..  I love my blingers and I did not want to be away from any of them for a month…  So what did I do?  Well, the same thing I always do when I don’t get it my way..  I argued with God about where I was supposed to be…  Until He reminded me of how my team was selected…  In 3 months it went from me not wanting to be with these girls, to me not wanting to be seperated from them : )…   

Although I am going to miss my team.  I am learning to LOVE the uncomfortable..  Because usually if it isn’t uncomfortable.. It’s probably not God..  It’s probably yourself and your own selfish desires ..  As I look back on my life I see that my selfish desires never brought any fruit…  The only things that ever brought any fruit were always the things that I felt so uncomortable doing.. 

 



So I will miss my team greatly this month..  But I am through complaining to God about how much I don’t like it..  Because if He has something waiting for me in Chaing Mai that even barely measures up to my Bling girls, than it’s worth being uncomfortable…   So this is why I love the uncomfortable..  Because I know it’s not me.. 

So I challenge you to step out of your comforts, and step into the uncomfortable and God will meet you there…  It’s only uncomfortable in the beginning, but once you arrive..  He will begin to show you the big picture of your life in bits in pieces..  Trust me, the bits and pieces He has so generously shown me are gorgeous…  But just remember, He doesn’t reveal it all at once..  It takes an effort on your part to step into the uncomfortable over and over again…

 


So this  is what next month is about for me..  I am loving that I am uncomfortable because I know I am going to learn something next month…  But you best believe that I will be tackling my team with lots and lots of hugs when we see each other at debrief : )…   


—I feel like I am always talking about the uncomfortable.. But I want you all at home to know  that I am experiencing it in a major way this year..  This world race stuff is not “comfortable”, not at all actually..  But it is what He has called me to, and by stepping into it I am here to tell you that He is faithfull and He will meet you there.  He will begin to reveal to you beautiful things about your life…