Most of my life I have been learning about who God is, what a great plan He has for my life, His powers and wonders. Complete understanding of what God is, is something I will never comprehend and I have come to accept His wondrous mystery. Daily He continues to reveal Himself to me and teach me about Himself. I have come to a place in my life where He has shown me His plan is much greater than my own and most of my life I have made my own plans. When I follow what He has for me, it is difficult and challenging but the best. The best example I can give of this is my obedience to come on the World Race and give 11 months to serving the nations. It has been scary, funny, adventurous, wonderful, life altering, a season of deep grown, learning to dive into the Holy Spirit and discovering who He created me to be for His Kingdom.
This being shared I have made the decision to allow God to do with my life whatever He has planned. Giving my life to him 100% and allowing Him to use me in HUGE ways for His Kingdom. I don’t know what this looks like, especially in 4 months when I return home from the Race. All I know is that today I am in India serving the Lord and that everyday He places divine opportunities in front of me to share His love. This love is such a precious gift He has given me and He has called me to share with His children. The love of Jesus is something I can’t describe to you with words but I experience it everyday with His unconditional Grace. As I make mistakes and screw up daily, He washes my clean as snow by His death on the cross.
I have no idea what returning to the states look like just yet but I know I will not live the same lifestyle that I left from. He wants my life to be missions and ministry, fully devoted to Him in all that I do. This could look like coming home to find a job, ministry in Charlotte, working for Adventures in Missions, a calling to a country or ministry, and I am ready for this calling on my life. I am actively seeking the Lord and what He has for me whatever this may be. My Heavenly Father God is only person that knows the clear vision and direction of my life. As I have found such deep hope in Him, I am content in the unknown of what the next season of my life looks like.
I would call myself a planner and a person to have the next step lined up. At this point, I have no idea what the next step is and it scares the mess out of me. But I have peace and comfort in knowing God’s Plan is the only one I am going to follow. This means challenges, giving up my life for Him, struggle, tears and laughter. As I begin the rest of my life, there will be direction that I fight from Him with my stubbornness and fleshly ways. Today Monday January 20, 2014, marks 200 days on the World Race and I am devoting the rest of this journey to openness to what Papa has for me.
Doing ministry in India: top with little lady I met, house visits, one of our translators bottom left, and visiting with Auntie Baun at her home with the team bottom right.
Please come alongside me at the moment to begin praying for what the Lord has planned for my life and not just because I am half way on this journey. But because this is going to mean encountering the Holy Spirit and being obedient to what He speaks to me. Whatever the plan is, it is going to be great and so wonderful serving My God and His Kingdom. As always thanks for your continual love, prayers and support as I work in missions. I look forward to seeing each of you in a few short months and get ready to hear ALL about this journey.
It is very important to me to have the support of my parents, as I make decisions to follow God’s plan in my life, so I would like to take this time to give thanks to my parents for their continual support. As the Lord continues to reveal Himself to me through my life, they have always been behind me in my decisions. These next few months I will be faced with decisions yet again and I know these decisions will be challenging for me and for them. Please come alongside me and my family during these decisions of following where the Lord is leading.
