I Believe

I believe.

I believe this year will be a year where the immeasurable more is done.  I will whiteness wonders of God through people and places in ways that I would have never of thought to ask about or imagine could happen. 

I believe the World Race will change me into someone that I never thought I could be; into someone far more in love and radically on fire for God than I ever thought possible.

I believe I will experience both the greatest times and greatest struggles of my life all within the same 11 months.  I'll have the blessing of experiencing both of these with a family I never even knew existed until now.  These people will continue to stand by my side into eternity.

I believe the true meaning of love, faith, hope, and treasure will be revealed to me this year.  God will use the people I meet to teach me these things, so don't miss out on an opportunity to LISTEN to people's stories and LOVE them for who they are.

I believe I will cry more tears of joy and sadness in one day than I have in my whole life.  And pee my pants more times than I'd like to admit…

I believe I will get VERY irritated and tempted at points throughout this experience.  The enemy will try everything within his power to chain me back down to the bondage of my past.  I also believe that Jesus will overcome every single time.

I believe my feelings will get hurt and I will hurt other's feelings.  Apologize quickly.  Love overcomes.

I believe there will be times when I'd rather sleep than stay up for that late night chat with a squadmate that really needs an ear to listen..or a good joke to laugh at.  Stay up anyways!  Abide in Him and you will not grow weary.

I believe God will guide my every move and bless each step I walk in serving Him and His children.

I believe lives will be changed because of what God has allowed me to go through and my willingness to share those things.  Committing to dropping everything I've known to follow Him around the world will bless the lives of many..including myself.  He makes all things work together for our good.

I believe I will be put in the position to do things I'm not comfortable doing while on the World Race.  God is far more concerned with my character than my comfort.  Get comfortable being uncomfortable.

I believe I will look more like Jesus at the end of this race, and not the person standing next to me along the race.  I believe that past wounds will be healed and everything that's not of God will be uprooted.

Lastly, I believe in myself.  I believe in the person I was, the person I am, and the person I will continue growing to be (not in height, of course).  I believe God CHOSE me for a specific purpose and appointed me to go and produce lasting fruit.  And I believe I will faithfully do that all of my days on this earth.

I believe.