So here’s my first blog post. I honestly know nothing of how blogging is supposed to work, but I am excited for this to be a place where I can let people see pieces of my heart and parts of my journey with the Holy Spirit.
As many of you know I have been living in Lafayette, Louisiana working on staff at Crossroads Leadership College and it has been AMAZING. God has truly molded me, shaped me, and seasoned me in so many beautiful ways through being here. I’m working in ministry, discipling others, traveling around America sharing the light of Jesus, seeing hundreds get saved, and doing what I love! With that being said, the past few months the Lord has been stirring something new within my spirit and leading me to a new direction in this next season of my life. In October 2019, I will be leaving to do missions in 11 different countries over the course of 11 months. I will be partnering with World Race, a missions organization, where we will travel to Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Benin, Ghana, Côte D’lvoire, Nepal, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia.
When the Lord was first stirring this in my heart, it seemed crazy to me. All those things I listed that I’m currently doing are the passions of my heart, yet there was this seeking, this searching, this stirring within my spirit for something new, for a spiritual journey the Lord was leading me to and preparing my heart for that I did not yet know. Moment by moment and week by week the Holy Spirit gently introduced my heart to the idea of doing The World Race.
The thought of it perpetually increased in my heart and I couldn’t shake it. The Lord began to soften my “But what about this” and “What about that”’s and I was actually considering doing this.
Then there came the day that I knew without a doubt in the depths of my heart that I had to do this. It started with a simple and unexpected conversation that turned into 3 hours in my best friend’s car crying my eyes out as the Lord resonated within me the reality of what he was calling me to. Eleven months away from my friends, my family, everything that I know and love, and the place where I’ve lived and grown my entire adulthood, and calling me away for a life to pursue unfamiliarity and uncomfortability; to know love deeper and to show love greater than ever before.
It started as,
“An incredible thing that I would love to do,” but seemed out of reach.
It was scary, risky, it was leaving the comfort of everything I knew and loved and, on paper, it didn’t seem to make logical sense. But the Lord spoke softly to me, “Maybe I’m bringing you to an increase of even more places, people, and things to know and love and have a heart for. Maybe I’m asking you to step out in dependence on me in a new way.”
I can look back at all the moments God called me to something and pretty much all of them didn’t make logical sense. I mean, look at all the times God called people in the bible to do things. He told Moses to lift his staff and the waters would part that they may walk on dry ground. I’m sure he had thoughts like all of us do,
“But what if God doesn’t follow through?”
“What if he leaves me standing there with my staff in the air looking like a fool?”
Or Gideon,
“You know what Gideon, your army is too big, let’s just take only like 1% of all your people to battle. That’ll increase your chances of defeating this already twice the size army your up against.”
It didn’t make sense; not to them and not to others, but they did it regardless and the results of their obedience spread the glory of God’s greatness.
I’ve always been the one who pushes others to do things that are out of their comfort zone, and here’s a prime opportunity for me to take my own advice to another level. So here I go.
Welcome to my journey.
