Trying to start this blog has felt like a task. Just something that i have to mark off a checklist. but i have continued to ask the lord to guide me and guide my hand in writing this and help me want to write this rather than feel like its something i have to do. so here we go with blog #2! (it’ll be a little all over the place so bear with me)
Brief team update: A question I have been asked a lot lately is, “Have you met he people who you are going with on this trip?” and the answer that question, yes! When we are added to our route, we are also added to a Facebook group with all of the other members of the team! My team and i have been communicating more on our group chat that we have. By creating this chat we have talked about deeper things like what we can pray about for each other and what our struggles are going through this period of waiting and anticipating. I think that this has made me even more excited about going on this trip!
So early in February, I gave a talk at my church’s retreat called Ponderosa. I am going to share a little bit of what i talked about!
So, through this journey so far, God has been teaching me a whole lot. But He has also been taking away. He has taught me the gift of living in the now. Lately, I have had hard time being present and living in the moment I am in. I have spent a lot of time distracting myself with the future.
I am a planner so I love to make itineraries and make packing lists and planning things it out so that the future goes smoothly and comfortably. But when I do that, I miss out on what is happening in the present. I miss out on living the life that is right in front of me. As hard as it has been to live in the now, I have tried to soak up every moment of it. I have learned that it’s okay if the future isn’t comfortable. There are so many things we can’t control. The future is so uncontrollable but I STILL try everything I can to make a plan. This is no way to live. Letting go is so hard, but when we do, it makes the future that much more exciting. I am continuing to learn so much and still have a lot of work to do but the Lord is using me in ways that I am not even aware of!
Something else the Lord has been teaching me is about friendships. I go to a small girls school so my whole grade is pretty much friends and even my small friend group is still about 25 people. I have struggled all throughout high school trying to find the two or three people I can relate to the most. As I get closer to leaving that big group of friends in a few months with graduation just around the corner, I want to hang out with every single one of them, but a lot of those relationships are toxic. I love my friends to death, but for me to have a healthy relationship with God, I need to surround my self with people that will constantly point me to God. And the temptations are real. I love hanging out with everyone, but sometimes when I come back from hanging out, I feel drained or emptied when I should be energized and filled with love and encouragement. The Lord is teaching me to focus in on those friendships where I feel closer to him every time I am with those friends.
Colossians 3:15- Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Most recently, I have been busy and constantly on the move. I haven’t had time where I truly felt peace with myself and with the Lord. My recent prayer has been to slow down, soak it in and for the Lord to be by my side constantly. I hope that everyone reading this joins me in that prayer.
This is just a little life update! as World Race launch day comes closer and closer each day I get more and more excited! Thank you all so much for your support both financially and spiritually. Your prayer is amazing. If you have any questions or comments, please comment down below!
