Today, I went to make a quick trip to my high-school while in town. I was going to get one thing from one teacher at most it should have been a 10 minute stop right? Wrong! I was there for the better part of an hour visiting almost all of my former teachers, who have done so much me. During my four years in high school they encouraged me, pushed me, annoyed me, got on to me, and most importantly loved me. Some of them knew of what God has been doing and that I am going, God willing, going on The Race. So when I told them more about it and they got over the initial shock of 1) I’m leaving school, and 2) I’ll be in 3 foreign countries over the course of nine months, they all hugged me and said they were proud of me. (Honestly, I don’t know why they are so proud of me I really just see it as me doing what I’m told, but either way I am thankful nonetheless). It warms my heart that they support me even what I am doing is against the cultural, societal, and worldly norms, they support me because they know God is leading me to His better plans for my life right now and I am so grateful for them and their hearts that the Lord so earnestly and graciously abounds. Many of them asked about the cost and how I would raise the funds and each time I did not lie I told them I was anxious but my God is bigger than any of this. They all offered warm encouraging words and said that anyway they could help they would! (I am seriously truly, truly blessed by each presence in my life, God surely did bless me with all of them it sounds cliché but it is so true) As I was going to leave my former nurse sought me out and opened my hand and put what I thought was a coin in it. Upon further inspection it was a token that said “Faith token” and “Believe in Mircales.” Woah, did I need that or what? If our God is anything He is miraculous.
“I’ve been anxious, I can’t sleep WORTHLESS worries burden me…” Those are some of my favourite lyrics because they speak truth in my life. The song goes on to describe how the Lord is faithful to all the birds in the sky and the flowers in the ground, just like in Matthew 6:25-34. Our God looks over every single bird in the sky; Makes sure they have food and a way to go. Our God looks over every single flower in the ground; Makes sure they too have a place to put their roots and nutrients so they can flourish. And I worry about such trivial things when The Word plainly states, He does this for the birds and flowers and are we not more important than the birds and flowers?
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:34
Much love and even more Jesus,
Rylie
