19 days people!! 19 days till I come back home!! So crazy to even think about right now! When I do stop to think about it most times I get stressed out because I have no clue what I am doing when I get home! At the beginning of the race I had a great plan for afterwards. But throughout the race God completely changed all of my plans and now I don’t have any plans at all. For a while now God has just been asking me to focus on the present. Yes, I am excited about going home and seeing all of my family and friends! I can’t wait to be with them again. But, at the same time I want to focus on the few days that I do have left on the race and enjoy it while I can. My team is working with an orphanage this month and I want to pour into those kids and just love on them every day that I can this month. I know those kids need the love of Christ and I don’t want anything to stop me from showing that to them. So many of my squad mates have plans for after the race, visions God has shown them, places that they are going to go back to and I have nothing. But God has been speaking a peace over me here lately and just saying, My Child, I’ve got this. Of course I have been asking him so many what if questions. But, God, what do I do when I get home? Am I going to come back to a certain country? Do I need to apply for a job? What is next Lord? Why haven’t you shown me anything yet? As I ask him all these questions and more, he says to me, Stop, Breathe, Don’t worry about anything. He tells me that he has it all figured out and all that I have to do is trust in him to take care of it. He just wants me to be present and give all I can these last 19 days. I know it is a commonly used verse but I am reminded of Jeremiah 29:11 which says, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” So at the end of the day I know that God has a plan and it will all fall into place. If you are struggling with knowing what is next in your life also remember what God has said in his word. Let him speak this peace over you and say to you, “Breathe, don’t worry my child, I’ve got this!”kjkj
