“Intellectually we all know that we will die, but we do not know it in the sense that the knowledge becomes a part of us. We do not really know it in the sense of living as though it were true. On the contrary, we live as though our lives would go on forever.” ~Frederic Buechner
I was thumbing through my journal today looking over the past week of training camp and I found this quote on an index card that used to hang over my desk at college, I must have stuffed it in there while I was packing up my dorm but I’m glad I did. It constantly reminds me that this life is so temporary and there’s a much bigger picture my eyes should be set on: the father and his kingdom. He has been preparing me for this since birth, guiding my journey and setting people in my path to guide me and encourage me and walk alongside me. Chances are if you’re reading this you are probably one of them, and for that I am grateful. I’ll never be 100% prepared for what god wants to do in my life, but that’s okay, when all of you can’t walk alongside me I have an amazing team full of people here for me also and I know the lord is too, as he always has been and always will be. I may not be 100% prepared, but I’m 100% ready. I’m ready to go and spread hope to the hopeless and love to the fatherless in the name of Christ. I will be bold this summer, as all those in my life have taught me, God has taught me, and training camp has taught me. One of the leaders said “is it fair to others to withhold the greatest truth we know? The reason for our being?”. Not when this life is temporary, and not when we fully recognize and live it as such. So I’m going to Africa to tell those who need to know, because it’s my purpose to honor my God. My team and I have been given this opportunity to be his hands and feet and spread life and truth, and we will not take a single moment for granted.
