After losing my job last summer, I thought God wanted to move me to a different company with a job that I could enjoy more fully. I ended up working in an advertising agency, and I LOVED it! Then in January, I was let go from there as well. What exactly was God thinking?! I was happy! But then I realized, I wasn't created for the purpose of being happy. I was created to serve His will.
With my knees on the ground and my heart openly searching for God's direction, He led me again to The World Race. I had come to know about The World Race a few years ago and thought once I paid off my student loans and could save the money for the trip then I would go. But God had different plans. I kept trying to root myself into my career, into relationships, into a house with possessions and dreams of a future, and God keeps refusing to let my roots take hold. My roots were not planted in the soil He desired, and so lovingly, yet painfully, He keeps moving me. So, after taking a hard look at my finances, and realizing I'm not at all in a position to make this commitment, I decided to make it anyway. Because if our vision doesn't exceed our resources, God cannot be glorified. He isn't offended by big dreams and bold prayers. He is offended by anything less.
So, since my Plan A was to establish my career, pay off my debt, meet the man of my dreams and get married, and THEN go on The World Race, and all that has completely fell apart, I will gladly settle for not settling and take Plan B, which was God's Plan A all along 🙂 I will embark on this world race to 11 countries in 11 months.
Plan B is also the name of a book by Pete Wilson, and I highly recommend it! It's amazing how much your perception of life changes when your world comes crashing down!
