Throughout the race, I have learned a lot about myself and the Lord. It has been an amazing journey to be on and I don’t want to forget the biggest things the Lord has taught me. So, I decided to document the biggest lessons the Lord has taught me by permanently putting them on my body. So here are the biggest lessons I have learned as well as the meaning behind all three of my tattoos:
Flower Tattoo:
The Importance of What the Lord Calls Me.
In Thailand, our mentor told us that we should all look up the meaning of our names because no one’s name is meaningless. For some reason, each of our names resonated with our parents and it was chosen with care. When I looked up my name I found out that Lillian in Greek meant “My God is a promise, My God is an abundance.” Since then the Lord has shown me that not only does my name literally mean something amazing, but it is also important to know what he calls me. So, in Thailand, I learned that he calls me a leader, daughter, caregiver, and healer. That no matter what my name ever is, what calls me will always be much more important. To represent this I got a Lily flower in a Mason jar because one, I’m obsessed with mason jars, and two, the beauty of what I’m called only comes from the Lord above. It’s like a flower, its beauty comes from its creator.
Through it All Tattoo:
No Matter How Hard Things Look as Long As I Have My Eyes On Him It Will All Be Okay.
Malaysia really really sucked. A lot of ministries got canceled and it was filled with a lot of spiritual warfare. It was the first big holiday without our families and it caused a lot of us to get depressed. However, one thing I saw the entire time we were there was that the Lord was always there fighting our battles with us. As well as equipping us with an amazing community to fight with. He showed me that as long as we kept our eyes on him he could take us through it all.
Arrow Tattoo:
The Importance of Having a Higher Perspective.
Costa Rica was a tough spot for my team. After spending 3 months with the same people 24/7 you start to get annoyed with having the same people with you all the time. As a natural introvert, I tend to need my alone time and being in a space where you can’t get alone time was really hard. As you can imagine in that space the Lord thought it would be the perfect time to send me and my team into the mountains for a month. I found myself getting really irritated with my team and wanting to just get off that mountain with every ounce of my body. In that space, the Lord taught me that no matter what environment I’m in, or what group of people I’m with, I will always get irritated with them if I did not look at them with the eyes the Lord sees them with. If I don’t see them as the person the Lord is creating them to be. Now, I can’t even imagine being with any other group of girls. If you want to know how the Lord sees each one of them, take a look at my Warriors blog.
Sincerely,
Lillian Son
