So it’s 1:30 in the morning and my head is racing keeping me from sleep. I am hoping getting some of these thoughts down will help. As I am laying here my thoughts jump from how awesome God is to how excited/anxious I am for the World Race. I feel like its the summer before freshman year of college. Spent so much time buying things for the dorm talking to my roommate to get to know her better and anticipating what to expect when I got here there. I was so excited that I floated through the days leading up to move in day. I had no clue what to expect then and don’t really have much of an idea this time. I wa starting a new chapter, a new adventure in life. This next year is the same thing. I will be starting a new chapter and coming into my own all over again….and I thought I was done with college.
Ok so start off my excitement, this Wednesday in my small group God showed up in amazing ways. We have been doing a series by Jim Cymbla called When God’s People Pray. We stopped during prayer requests and started to pray and you could feel God in the room. Instead of continuing we just turned on worship music and continued to pray. There was a lot of hurt and pain amongst our group and some dispare and even though when we left it wasn’t all fixed there was more hope. That was one of the best gatherings I have experienced in some time and it was amazing to spend time with my heavenly father in such a great way.
In away that night has made me that much more excited about this upcoming year and trip. I know I will see God show up like that and more over this next year. I am also excited to see the people that I will be spending my next year with. The ones that will and are becoming family. I hear about different ministries and things going on around the world and it makes me restless and eager to go.
I have never been one to sit still easily and I get so excited about what’s ahead that I forget the here and now. I feel like God is telling me to take a deep breath and be still, to look around and enjoy what is going on right now.
While I think it is great to be excited about tomorrow, I can’t get so wrapped up in it that I miss today. So my prayer is that I will enjoy each day and not waste it thinking about September. While I have never been good with patience I have a heavenly father who is changing me daily and can help me to not waste my day thinking about tomorrow.
