Every day has been a challenge. Seriously, every single day since I have been accepted to the World Race has presented something that I have never faced before. I have been so busy that I haven’t even sat down and really thought about my emotions during all of this. I just know that I started out in a pit, but the Lord has given me a promise to bring me through it.
I have seen the Lord stretch me in ways I never imagined possible. He has allowed me to encounter people and things I once was afraid of. Moments that screamed of defeat and failure, the Lord has been faithful to work for my good and His glory! He is showing me what people look like through His eyes…how His every action is truly driven by an incomprehensible, relentless love.
I ask that you all join me in prayer for the countries I will visit, my team mates, and the many lives we will touch. This semester of nursing school is not over, so please pray that the Lord allow me to make the grade necessary to pass and go on the Race. Lastly, pray for me as God continues to push me past every limit I’ve ever known. He is pulling me in to deeper levels of intimacy, showing me how loved I truly am. This has been difficult, but I will go through whatever it takes to be closer to His heart. He wants me to see myself as He sees me.
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Romans 5:2-5
