My first blog! Where to begin? I’m afraid I need some practice in writing for the audience of others; usually my personal reflection has been in the form of prayers to God. It’s an interesting transition, and a little harder, as all of you need to be given information to help you understand where I’m coming from while He already knows all the details of my life. Another reason it’s harder, to be honest, is that I care far too much what you think of me while I know that Jesus accepts me as I am. But perhaps God will use this blog to help conquer my desire to please people, “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10). Jesus, please use this blog to make me Your servant and to take away my concern with making other people like me. I know in my head that others’ opinions don’t really matter, they don’t define who I am or my self-worth and will not last for eternity, but my heart needs to know it. God is setting me free from working to gain the approval of others, but it is a process. I love my friends and family, but their opinion does not matter nearly as much as the opinion of my Heavenly Father, who is King of the Universe.
So here is my pledge to you: honesty, completely. Vulnerability to let you see who I am, my strengths and my weaknesses. The only reason that I can do this is because of my confidence in Christ and who He says that I am: His daughter, His beloved, made righteous because of the blood of His Son. There is nothing that I have to offer God in and of myself. He has made me everything that I am and given me everything that I have. The only reason I am willing to do this is because when you read my blogs I want you to see how awesome God is, not how awesome I am. There is no special gift or ability that has enabled me to embark on something like The World Race, I was simply willing to obey when God said, “go”. I pray that Jesus would be made to look like who He is in everything that I say, and that I would not boast in myself. I am so thankful that you are here and preparing to go on this journey with me!
