After five flights, a few countries, and some insane turbulence later, we have officially made it to Ecuador, our final country on the race. As I think about that, my mind can’t wrap around it, last country? Going home in under 90 days? Leaving 38 new family members? I have so many thoughts going through my head, I feel like the race has flown by, but also I feel like it has not. About a year of planning, so much fundraising, so many goodbyes and see you laters, but in a blink of an eye, it is all finished. Over like a snap of your fingers. Was it worth it? Did I get out of it what i have wanted thus far? Am I going to regret things that I did not do? The answer to those questions remains a mystery still, and why is that? It is because there is still time, maybe short but still there.
Time to make up the things I have not done,
time to make up the things I’ve looked past,
time to grow even more intimate with my maker.
There is time.
Yes, in comparing the time I have been on the field to the time I have left, it is a huge difference. That does not matter though, lost time..
so many things to do…
so many things to make up…
so many plans…
As all those thoughts run through my head I suddenly stop and think, so little/much time, that time goes to my Jesus. It is His time not my own. Reading through the Bible, Jesus never abused the time he had on this earth. If he was not ministering, he was fasting, or disciplining his followers, or traveling to his next destination to continue to bring God to all nations. Why can’t I do the same? Yes, being on the race there sometimes is quite a lot of down time,
time we aren’t doing anything, time we can just chill and have no responsibilities. But what if we filled that empty time with things not useless? ministering to people on the streets, investing more in the squad, reading my bible more and more. The reason I’m writing this is because I have really prayed into these last three months on the race. After having so much down time in Malawi I decided I did not want to be “bored” anymore on the race. I did not want to sit there feeling useless like I was wasting my time away. And then the lord spoke to me, told me I was to make connections here in Ecuador, I was going to make friends and settle down a bit. He told me to use the time I have left wisely. To invest in my maker,
to grow even more than I already have,
to put aside the worthless things I do in my free time and to pick up where I left off with my Jesus. We may be on the final stretch of the race, we are rounding the bend close to seeing the finish line. It is not the time to give up though, we may be weary and exhausted but this is go time. The time to push ourselves and finish the race the lord has put in front of us strong. To not give up.
To stay strong.
To serve our Father.
To love earnestly.
To bring Jesus to every nation. We do still have time. How will you spend it?
Love from Ecuador, Mara
