Expectations!
I read on someone else’s blog that you should get rid of all your expectations because they are sure to be surpassed by all the amazing things that you see and do while on The Race. So I'm trying to keep it simple:
Less Spiritual but still Spirit-filled because everything involves God
- I expect to meet some amazing people (women, men, and especially children) who put smiles on our faces and bring tears to our eyes. These people will touch our hearts in powerful ways.
- I expect to learn some great worship songs and dances and see how others praise God with different expressions yet the same Spirit and intent.
- I expect to sometimes miss showers and lack actual toilets because we simply won’t be in situations where they’re feasible.
- I expect to be disappointed and slightly sad about the last one but to tell my flesh that it’s good for me to get outside my pampered Americanism and live what so many others experience every day.
- I expect to see God’s creation at it’s finest as I marvel at the natural wonders of mountains, plains, lush valleys, gorgeous sunsets and beautiful beaches.
Kenyan sunset Beauty of the Himalayas
More Spiritual
- I expect to see miracles that my mind cannot comprehend. Right now, doubt creeps in when I think of me praying over people and seeing them healed, but I know that my God is limitless and He can do all things. I’m already opening my mind to the reality that He will show up in amazing ways if I fight the doubt and let Him.
- I expect myself to love on people even when I don’t feel like it and it seems hard. So many people in the world need love and the aim of this mission is to love those that desperately deserve it but rarely receive it.
- I expect God to change situations and people— both us and those we serve.
- I expect to see and know God in a way that I have never known Him before as He walks and talks with me through unimaginable challenges. He will meet me wherever I go and I will follow Him wherever He leads.
