The last few weeks have been pretty thought-filled. Thoughts about the World Race…fears, excitements, expectations. Probably the most prevalent being:
“Is this even real life?”
God has blessed me so much through the opportunity. In about 7 months, I will leave, spending my 2015 in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Zambia and Malawi. That is actually insane.
But something else I’ve been thinking about a lot is the call that God has put on my heart for missions…and the fact that this is NEVER how I pictured that call coming about.
To put it as sweetly and simply as possible, I want to be a missionary because I believe in an urgent call that is named so boldly in the Lord’s prayer:
Your Kingdom Come,
Your will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven
In Heaven, God has made it clear through the scripture that EVERY knee will bow, and every tongue will sing praises to our Savior. So it is our mission to spread that love on Earth for the short time that we live on it! God has blessed me with a passion and thirst for other cultures, languages and people. I want to use that passion to spread His love anywhere that will approve my visa application:)
There are so many times in my life where the knowledge of the unconditional love of Jesus Christ has been the only thing keeping me going. I’m well aware, however, that I’ve been blessed bountifully, and my life is much easier, safer and healthier than almost all of the rest of the world. That being said, I feel urgently the need to share the hope I’ve felt with a world I know is thirsty for it.
I absolutely cannot wait for this next chapter of my life! It is exciting to know, as Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 1:20 that no matter how many promises God has made to us…they are all “YES” in Jesus Christ. God has shown me his faithfulness in more ways than I can count, and I cannot wait to share that hope and love through World Race!
