i’d like to make an announcement: I GOT MY DREAM JOB!
a few years ago i was sitting in the kitchen of my dear mentor, kathy. we were drinking tea and eating apples and talking about life. and she asked me what my dream job was. like, if money didn’t matter and i could do whatever i wanted right now, what would it be? i didn’t have a real specific answer. then she said, “ok, forget about a job, if money were no object, what would you do right now? it can be anything….there’s no wrong answer.” and i immediately, without hesitation said, “the world race!”
afer this i went home and wrote out on a piece of paper all of the things i love to do and things i think God made me to do – what makes me come alive. and it sort of turned into this map of my dream job. a travel writer. i would love to travel all around the world, experiencing different cultures and what God is doing there (specifically among cultures of poverty) and write about it.
lately i have been too busy preparing and worrying and fundraising and…whatever else i’m doing to realize that my dream is about to come true. and this morning, it hit me. in a month i am leaving to travel the world. in a month i am leaving to experience new cultures in outrageously different ways and not only see what God is doing there, but be a part of it. while on the world race, we are expected to blog at least twice a week, sharing what we have seen God do. GUYS! IN A MONTH I GET TO START MY DREAM JOB!
ok, ok, I know what you’re thinking…that is not a JOB nicole! by definition, a job means gainful employment and you are paying to do this you crazy person! well fine, if you want to get technical, you go right ahead. i’ll just be over here celebrating with dancing and ice cream and little squeals of excitement. if you’d like to join me, you’re invited.
three years ago, when i actually took a moment to realize what the deep desires of my heart were and say them out loud…i shot up a very small prayer. don’t you think it can be scary to say outrageous heart desires out loud? things you think could only happen in your wildest dreams…so that’s where they stay. they’re in your mind and heart but you wouldn’t dare say them out loud because they are just too big, too awesome, too outrageous to ever come true and you’d just be asking for disappointment. that’s how i felt when i said these things out loud. and the prayer that accompanied them was so quiet, so small, that i didn’t imagine God would hear it. it’s like praying to win the lottery…a small plea of desperation launched into the dark and then disregarded and forgotten about because you know it will never happen to you. if you have felt this way, be encouraged that God does hear you. He does care. so say those dreams out loud. go boldly to our Father who loves to give good gifts to His children.
i am so grateful that God hears me. and believes in me. and cares about the desires of my heart more than i do.
my dreams are coming true and i am so excited.
