To see and experience more of the glory of the Lord
To help make Jesus more and more famous
To throw up my hands and say, “Yes, Lord pick me!”
To take my place in the battle
To march to the front lines
To fight with Him for his fame
To love the nations
To serve the nations
To live and do life with His children around the world
To sell out
To give my all so that He becomes my all
To search for the Lord to the ends of the earth
To be tested, taught, and transformed
To go deeper to new depths
To be real, raw, and recklessly abandoned
To learn to live in authentic fellowship
To experience more of what love really is
To learn to serve
To shatter my pride
To become patient
To learn to love
To see His face
To be in desperate need daily of my savior
I am not your typical 25 year old. I have always felt different from my peers. ‘Quirky’ would be an appropriate characteristic about my personality. If you know anything about me you know this is true.
The World Race is different.
Right now I should be pursuing my career and allow my education to become more than for nothing. I should be making money and paying off my tremendous school debts. I should be settling down and beginning to build roots within a community.
However, I have listened to the lies long enough. I have listened far too long to the lie that success is determined by how much money you make, how high up the corporate ladder you climb, and how perfect your family is. I am choosing to no longer believe that I must get marriage, raise “good” children, serve my family with a clean house, and put dinner on the table by 5 o’clock to have a happy and successful life.
America is comfortable. But there is a big world out there. I no longer want to shut my eyes and ears to the situations and conditions that human beings live in around the world.
Please do not misunderstand me, I deeply long for a family. I strongly desire to someday share my life with a husband and children. In my lifetime I have loved so many children who belong to other mothers. I anxiously look forward to the day when I can serve and love my future family. However, I do not want to listen to the lie that you must have a family of your own and a well paying job to have life. Even after being blessed with family and loved ones – I am certain that this is not the source of happiness and joy. Christ said in John 10:10 that, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” The Bible is clear the God will fill us with joy in his presence (Acts 2:28).
The disciples were called to leave their careers and families in pursuit of more. This is what I seek.
Life in this world is short. Time is fleeting. I do not want to be caught up in the mundane any longer. I don’t want to waste my life on myself.
I want to learn to see people and life through the eyes of God.
I am a very small, blue-collar, southern, American girl. What difference can I make in the world? Alone – nothing. But as Helen Keller once said, “alone we can do so little; but together we can do so much.” Thankfully I serve a God that is much bigger than me and can work through and in spite of me.
