This isn’t glamorous
The world race isn’t glamorous by any means, it’s not even how it looks on Facebook. I knew after month three I was in over my head. Social media shows the world race as this amazing adventure that’s full of miracles and stories of changing the world.
The past year of my has life been average. I didn’t go into the Amazon to remote villages, I didn’t get do ATL (ask the Lord) and hang out with hillsong, I wasn’t part of any church plants, I didn’t have the “cool ministry” opportunities that others did.
My ministry hasn’t been glamorous, I haven’t gone on every crazy adventure I could find, I haven’t eaten crazy foods like cow tongue or tarantula, I’ve live a pretty average year.
I’ve had a bed every month of the race except for India. I prayed for a bed and a shower every month and I had those things every month of the race. Pretty basic.
There was points this year when I was frustrated with not having this crazy adventure I had once saw on Facebook. I wanted that photo of me standing at the top of mountain, or that photo with villagers, or some other unrealistic photo. I wanted this glamorous life that I had created in my head, of changing the world.
The truth is I changed how I saw the world, and how I saw people in it.
The world isn’t glamorous, but I don’t want it to be. I want to see the world for how it is. Which can be sitting next to a stranger on a bus and struggling to have a conversation because you can’t speak Spanish. Or walking the dogs next door for our neighbor in. Or it can look like leaving your host little notes everyday to let her know you’re grateful. Or walking home the lady that cooks and cleans for you everyday. Or praying for a woman to be able to walk and nothing happens but you take the time to listen and care for her heart. Or sitting with your host and having them tell you about marriage. It can look just like a normal day of life.
My past year of my life was basically average, I didn’t do all the crazy things I thought I would.
But the thing is I wouldn’t change that for anything. I saw the world for what it really was. I saw and lived side by side with average people who were doing exordinary things. They were changing there world one day at a time.
