This is from a journal entry I wrote on March 20th during our 8 month debrief in Beijing.
There is no fear in His perfect love, so cast it all down and He will lift you up.
I want to trust the Lord in all things, so what does that look like in my life today?
Perhaps it means trusting that any changes that are coming with members of my team and any of the other teams is going to be greater than what has been the past five months.
More growth in Christ, relationships that can go deeper, and finding new freedoms.
Trusting in part is having faith, and having faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
Trust and faith is sometimes simply about knowing, even when I can't explain it.
Knowing that waiting on the timing of God is worth it, and that the promises He has made will come to past, in His way and His timing, realizing that this is nothing I can force or speed up.
Knowing that I am a strong leader, not only because of the response and encouragement of others, but because of who Christ sees me as.
Knowing that fear has no hold on my life anymore.
Knowing that as I'm living out the song He has written for my life, that this song has a variety of dynamics, key changes, and notes that are sometimes difficult to get out, but in the end it is a beautiful chorus.
Knowing that my voice carries weight, and needs to be heard louder and with greater confidence, and then knowing that in doing so will not only bring change in my life, but in the lives of those around me.
