It’s so exciting to be writing my very first blog! Since it is my first blog, you may find it to be quite random & maybe even all over the place (as I am still learning the blogging ways). But, the exciting side to this is that you will be able to watch me grow as a blogger & more importantly, personally & spirituality on my journey.
So, here I go…
As many of you know, the World Race was not my original plan. So, you may be wondering, “Why all the sudden the World Race?” Well, let’s just say that when you are 18 years old & already have your whole life planned out, you are a perfect target for God to come & totally wreck your plans so that He can make it 100X better.
If you didn’t notice it from up above, I am very much a planner. So much so, that I already had my entire life planned out. If there were levels of planners like me, I’d be intermediate… maaaybe even pro. I say this because I literally had every little detail planned, from what my dorm room was going to look like, to the color of my first car & even the age I was going to be married. Yeah, I went a little overboard with this whole planning thing. I was going to go straight into college directly after high school to become an elementary teacher. I was going to be a college kid & do what was normal… comfortable. I had a great big picture in my mind of what my college experience was going to look like. okaayy, more like what everything in my life was going to look like from now, up until the day I would be lying in my grave. & let me tell ya, my life was pretty awesome.
You see, I had this great life planned out for myself, down to every detail. But what I didn’t realize was that God had a plan for my life that far exceeded the life I planned. While I was trying to conquer my future on my own, I was extremely stressed. Here’s a little secret about me: I DO NOT handle stress well. Sometimes the grumpies just overcome me. (I’m still working on this) But, I’m sure I was a pleasure to be around… just ask my parents. I allowed my joy to be ripped away by the stress of choosing a college to attend & which scholarships to apply for. This is when I decided I no longer wanted to be robbed of my joy & that I wanted to be myself again. It wasn’t worth trying to figure it all out on my own & having the anxiety that came with it. At the time I didn’t realize that the anxiety I felt came from the fact that I wasn’t even supposed to go to college this year & that’s why the answers weren’t coming. I was ready for Jesus to take the wheel & to just be along for the ride. To trust Him 100%.
At the end of February 2019, I completely surrendered all the plans I created to God & began putting my full trust in Him to guide me. The minute I surrendered it all to Him, He immediately started working in me. I was imagining how excited God must have been at this moment, like myself on Christmas morning waiting for my family to open the gifts I had picked out specially for them. Here He was waiting to share with me His gift. The incredible life He had specifically picked out for me. He was probably so jittery that He couldn’t wait to let me know until the next morning when He showed me the World Race Gap Year (WRGY). & as if that wasn’t enough, He continued to confirm that it was His path for me. As I researched the World Race Gap Year, I instantly felt God’s perfect peace & was immediately filled with joy.
I totally would have never thought this was what I’d be doing a year after high school because I had my own plan, but this goes to show ya that our plan is not God’s plan. God has a gift He wants to share with you once you begin to trust in Him.
“Trust the Lord with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
I know this is going to be hard. Maybe even the hardest thing I will ever do, but I do not want to live my life knowing I had passed up the gift God had for me & the blessings that came with it.
I would very much appreciate your prayers as I follow God on this exciting adventure.
Stay Tuned <3
