An Honest Perspective

It’s been one week since training camp ended.

I’ve had one week to process with the Lord and analyze the week’s events.

I concluded that training camp was hard!

It was much harder than anticipated.

It was long and exhausting!

I was confronted with several fears and insecurities.

Many of my insecurities prevented me from connecting with others on a deeper level.

There are walls in my heart from past hurts.

Instead of allowing God to knock them down, I hid behind them.

I had to remind myself that these 60+ people are my new family.

They will be in my life for at least the next year, not only this week at training camp.

We will be lifelong friends because of the experiences we’ll share.

They are not like the people of the world who have hurt me so badly in the past.

The people sleeping in the tents next to me will see me through thick and thin.

They will not talk poorly about me behind my back.

They will speak life and encouragement daily.

They won’t turn their backs on me when things get rough.

They will help ease the burden and ligten the load.

They will not use my fears, failures, or insecurities against me.

They will use my fears, failures, and insecurities to move me forward.

We are brothers and sisters in Christ.

Our hearts will be forever bound together.

We are joined together through the love of Jesus.

I will no longer hide behind the walls in my heart.

I give the Lord permission to tear them down and build a firm foundation of truth and trust.

I don’t want to be “toe tester” – I will jump in “cannonball” style and splash everyone around me.

I don’t want to be a spectator, observing from the sideline.

I will live without regret.