The challenge of raising $16,600 caused me to be so fearful. It was something that held me back from applying from the race earlier on. I was just so doubtful, that I could raise that.
four months ago, I was accepted to be on Route 1, and I began fundraising.
Day by day, week by week, the amount of donations I received was not a lot.
I prayed and there were days when I said OUT LOUD like, “I know the Lord will provide, but right now I’m struggling to hold on to that.”
As a couple more weeks went by, I got a huge donation. $10,000. That sat me at around $12,000, I weeped of joy in that moment.
As the days went by, people started texting me, and donating saying that they SUPPORTED me. That they LOVED me. That they BELIEVED in me.
I was so overjoyed. My funds continued to go up and up.
And two days ago, I sat on the floor counting my funds, and realizing, “OMG I only have $151 to raise, until I am fully funded.”
I posted everywhere, I shared with my friends, and I told my parents. Everyone was so happy for me. I even thought, “I will just pay for this myself, since SOOO many people have showed their support and donated towards my goal.”
But yanno what, Jesus has just placed that love and spirit of giving on so many peoples hearts, and including one of my very best friends.
My phone dings, I check it, and it said that one of my best friends had sent me the $151. I cried.
I called her and we cried together.
She told me she was so proud of me, and she had been wanting to donate, and she said that she thought it was the perfect time to go ahead and just do the dang thing and send me the rest of what I had to raise.
OVERJOYED.
It just reminded me of when I stand outside, on a mountain, or in a car with my head out the window, and I feel free and joyful.
The wind blowing through my hair, that feeling of being refreshed, and having no worries.
That freedom.
In that moment when I received that last donation, I felt free from all the lies the enemy was trying to tell me during this process.
It was that, “wind in my hair kinda joy.”
The enemy tried to get me down, and tell me there was no way that I would get this funded. But guess what. I am fully funded before TRAINING CAMP.
But Jesus blew in like a rush of fresh air, and he declared freedom over those lies. He declared that he is in charge, and that he is a provider.
Jesus, wow. You ARE the provider, and you are faithful to the end.
To all my squad mates still fundraising and feeling like you will not get there, Jesus has a plan. He made this visible for you, and he is going to provide.
You got this.
He’s got this.
