Oh man. I’ve definitely got to watch my mouth more.
I have wonderful friends. Really, they’re the absolute best. They’re the kind that make sure you’re growing in the right direction and call you out if you’re not. I take them for granted way too much.
I was talking with one of those friends yesterday in regards to working out. If you follow me on any form of social media, you’ll see that exercising is not on my list of favorite things to do. Anyway, we were talking and my friend was encouraging me to work out more to which I responded, “I’ll run tomorrow. We’ll see how I feel the next day and every day after,” so as not to commit myself to something I didn’t want. Immediately, Holy Spirit was like, “You can’t do that.”
I’ve learned that when it comes to things you need to do, you have to decide in advance you’re going to do them no matter how you’re feeling. Good or bad day, you have to choose to follow through.
Once you’re on the World Race, you’re there. You can’t just buy a plane ticket and go home when things get hard. Well… you can, but that would be a very expensive choice. I’ve been reading blog posts lately about people on the Race or who have just finished and it seems like every single one is about life being hard. People experiencing hardship and having to push past the pain and discomfort. It can be a little daunting when that’s all you keep coming across.
The fact that I’m signing up for this thing where I know I’ll absolutely dislike it at some points, but also knowing everything works out for good? That’s scary. I know I’ll get frustrated with my teammates. I know I’ll have to do things out of my comfort zone. I know I’ll have to serve even when I don’t feel like it.
Let’s be real. Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. That isn’t going to change when I’m overseas.
Whenever Holy Spirit said, “You can’t do that,” I knew He was referring to my lack-of-commitment self. I can’t choose to be that person because a lot of what I’ll have to do when I leave will be a lot of things I don’t feel like doing.
Whatever “the thing” is, whether it be working out or serving overseas, I hope I would remember how much better I’ll be for doing the thing whether I feel like it or not.
Sam
