I cannot list them all by name but just hope they know who they are and how much they mean to me, these people who I would not be the same without. The people who love, encourage, teach, and guide me, laugh with me and inspire me. The ones who sent me off with cards, food, friendship bracelets, books, love, and prayers. I treasure each one of those gifts and am so thankful to have these reminders with me of the people that I love.
Sitting here thinking of the adventure before me, I realize that this adventure is not really starting now. This adventure actually started the day I gave my full “Yes” to Jesus. My “Here it is,You can have it, I don’t want it, yes yes yes to whatever you have God. I only make a mess of things and I have no idea what I’m doing so take it, take my pathetic personal attempt at life and please Jesus make it something beautiful to You”. That was about 3 years ago.
Now I am going somewhere where I have no idea what to expect. I do not know how I am going to help people that need help or what anything will be like there. But I know Jesus and am happy to realize how much I need Him, thankful that He promises to always be enough. He has never let me down before, and even when I was unaware I have never walked one step of my life alone. I know this is not the beginning. This is just one more “yes” to Jesus, one more reply to His overwhelming grace in my life, one step deeper into a love that makes it near impossible not to take another step forward.
A few hours before my plane lands, I am exhausted but resting in God's beautiful words, proclaiming all that He is...
"You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I should desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever" [Psalm 73:23-26]
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