Can I just say this:
my heart is already breaking for the people I have not even got to meet yet. The precous souls that I will have the priveledge of getting to know on this journey. The people who will change my life, and maybe Jesus will impact theirs through me.
I just spend much of my time reading other Racer's blogs, their stories, and seeing the faces of people that they are impacting through Jesus, and I think about when that will be me, meeting people, building friendships, and showing/telling them the love of Jesus. Its going to be so hard to leave each time! Each face that I fall in love with, that God gives me the opportunity to meet and get to know a little of their story, each of these people will be forever imprinted on my heart. I am comforted to know that even though I will have to leave them, that I bring good news of the one who will NEVER leave them, and that, I WILL see them again in our future home with Jesus.
While we are told to throw out our expectations for this journey, I still have a few. I expect…
— It will be hard. But so worth it.
— God will provide for just what I need, exactly when I need it
— I am going to be changed by what God shows/reveals to me
— to be freaked out by a giant cockroach or creepy monkey at some point, and that God gives me the strength to endure that
— that through my journey, all of my fans and friends keeping up with me back home will be greatly impacted by the stories I will be able to share with them, of what God is doing all over the world in the Kingdom
Thats all I can really think of just now. I trust God's plans, in what He chooses to do with me on this journey. I am so excited and thrilled that He has called me to this.
This morning my sunday school teacher spoke about counting the cost of following Christ. He said, "I'm not going to lie to you, its going to be hard." No where in the bible does it say our lives will get easier or better when we choose to follow Jesus. There will be hard times, full of pain, struggle, and suffering, but these are the times that God chooses to use to show up and show out, and then we get a taste and glimpse of the Glory of Heaven, and that is what gives us the strength to keep on keepin' on, because HE is with us every step of the way. So even though it will be hard, it will be worth it. So are you gonna save it or lose it? Count the Cost…
"For Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."
Matthew 16:25
[[PS. I just realized something…I will be a Racer Twice!! My school's mascot is Racers and now I'll be a World Racer! FUN FACT!!]]
