I’m coming to realize that I tend to put God in a box when it comes to my life.
I’ve always had some kind of timeline of what it would look like. Bachelors Degree at 22, Master Degree at 24, serious boyfriend during graduate school, engaged shortly after, married by 25, kids by 30. When that didn’t happen, I easily adjusted it. But I found out, God had much bigger plans.
I’ll return from the World Race in July of 2013, 26 years old and single. I know now why that “timeline” didn’t happen. I never would have said yes to God if I had a serious boyfriend or a family. God knew that. He knew the plan he had for my life.
When it came to fundraising for the World Race, I also had a plan. I’d send tons of letters, sell bracelets, do fundraisers and believe that I would be fully funded by September. God had bigger plans for that too.
I’ve been fundraising for a little less than 2 months and I am a third of the way funded!!! I also have someone buying my gear and covering my spending money while I’m on the race. Only God could have done that.
What God is teaching me is that he doesn’t fit in the box. He works in such bigger and better ways. He does things I never would have planned but he does them because he knows what is best for me. I’m so thankful that I serve a God who is bigger than the box I put him in. I can’t wait to see what else he has up his sleeve for my life. This is just the beginning!
“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.” Jeremiah 29:11
Big thanks again for all who have supported me so far! =] Only two thirds to go!!! Click support me above to help me reach $15,500!
Heart and Soul,
Kristi
