“Be Still” -God

The weeks since my acceptance have been the busiest and most hectic weeks of my life. Given, I’m 17 so that’s not saying a whole lot, BUT they really have been so much more stressful than I’m use to. As I told y’all in my previous post, I quit track this year so that I could work as much as possible to raise money for my trip! I have been working at this super cute and fun boutique called The Carriage and am LOVING it, but have recently also taken on another job. My boss at The Carriage, being the awesome woman of God and supporter that she is, helped me find another job because she knew I was looking for more hours and wanted to help in any way possible, SO SWEET! I started at Elite Physique about two weeks ago and as great as it’s been, man I’m beat. I work everyday of the week besides Sunday, go to school and maintain my 4.0, juggle YL, church, and my social life, AND try to squeeze in every bit of fundraising for The World Race that I can. I’m not saying any of this to brag on my accomplishments or take credit for God’s gifts to me, but rather to come clean about what I’ve been letting get in the way of my relationship with Christ.

I have had the privilege of being a Bible study leader on Sunday mornings for the junior girls in my youth group and yesterday they helped me a lot more than I helped them. The lesson was about God’s awesomeness, faithfulness, and sovereignty, something I desperately needed to be reminded of. The lesson came from Isaiah 40 and talked about how powerful and mighty God truly is and how “He gives strength to the weary and power to the weak” and even when we stumble and fall, “those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” God has quite the talent for telling us what we need to hear when we need to hear it, HE IS ALWAYS ON TIME!  

From that sweet sweet wake up call, God reminded me that, although this mission trip is for His glory and the good of the kingdom, my focus should not be The World Race, but rather serving him in the process. I’ve been so busy focusing on fundraising and doing everything right to get me there that in the process I have forgotten what/who I’m doing it for. This is only the very beginning but God is already showing his faithfulness in letting me know that he sees me and will be there every step of the way to calm my storm and give me strength to finish the race.