*My blog recap from the DR….thanks for being patient 🙂
During my first month on the World Race I’ve been reminded
that it’s not always about DOING. Many people come in and think about the
contacts, serving, and helping others. I came into the World Race thinking I
didn’t have expectations and thoughts of doing, but I quickly noticed I did. I
walked in thinking I would plow into ministry, fall in love with the people,
and be on fire for Jesus, completely engaged with my team and squad, and live
like the Brady Bunch J.
God has helped to break these expectations and help me learn how to simply BE
with Him again. He reminded me that my time with Him and my spiritual health is
my top priority. I can’t lead or serve others on empty. I learned that I may
need to stay home from ministry to spend the day with the Lord and allow Him to
work out some things in my life to bring me into better alignment with Him.
This month has been incredible but it’s been a process.
God’s broken me down and is building me back up. I walked into the race with a
quiet spirit. I walked in reserved and feeling different. I wasn’t sure if it was the fact that I just
left everything I knew back home, but I knew something was going on. I
struggled not feeling like myself. I was quiet, introverted, and introspective.
It took me a while to realize this but it was a time that the Lord was drawing
me selfishly close to Him. It was a month of being in the refiners fire. But
when you do missions you are on fire and A-OKAY. Yeah….right Megan 🙂
It took me some time to have the freedom to ‘be’ in the fire,
but when I did it was good. It’s been a month of God bringing me in so that He
can send me out. He’s drawn me in and held me close to Himself. I stayed home during some evenings,
during a few days of ministry, to spend time with Him and just immerse myself
in Him. To lay before Him BROKEN. He has been working at building the Kingdom
of God within me so that I can bring it to the nations. After this month I feel
more refined, I feel an increase in freedom, and I feel like I’ve fallen in
love with Jesus in a way I cannot explain! There is a special place that I meet
my Savior and it truly the best place I can be. It’s the place where I feel
fully alive and like myself.
I walk out of the Dominican Republic deeply and passionately
in LOVE with my Savior! I walk out with an indescribable JOY. I walk out with
this verse, this promise…
“instead of your shame, you will receive a
double portion, and instead of disgrace you will REJOICE in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land and everlasting JOY will
be yours.” Isaiah 61:7
The shame and fear that was plaguing me in the beginning of
the month has been ripped away and the joy that has replaced it is immeasurable.
My inheritance is a double portion and I am just beginning to walk into it! I
am SO excited! And an everlasting joy! I am typing this feeling that joy.
Feeling an overwhelming joy that is bubbling within me, a joy that I haven’t felt in weeks and it
feels so good to feel it again! It’s a joy that I chose each day and in each
experience. Thank you Lord for my inheritance and for my joy. Thank you for
drawing me into the fire and for making me more like you.
THANK YOU to all of you too for allowing God to do this work
within me. It’s by your support and through your prayers that I am able to be
here in the DR serving others and being changed. Thank you for being a part of
this journey into my inheritance and promiseland.
