Wow, long time no see right?!
Here’s a life update and what it’s been like living in the woods of Gainesville, Georgia. I’ve been in Georgia for almost 2 months now living in a community with 40 other racers, and it has definitely been an interesting season of life. The reason I say interesting is because 40 people using the same porta potties isn’t the best smell or sight. In this season, the lord is stripping my expectations and forcing me to give up what was “normal” for me. I used to sleep in my cozy bed, I used to have a bathroom next to my bedroom, I used to have a washing machine to wash my clothes in whenever I wanted, I used to be able to drive anywhere and everywhere I wanted to go, etc. I used to live this life where, because everything was right in front of my eyes, I didn’t see what the lord was blessing me with. While living in Georgia I now sleep in a tent with my pricey-but-not-very-comfortable sleeping pad, porta potties are my new go-to, we take showers at certain times everyday, we hand wash our clothes in a bucket, and sadly we aren’t allowed to leave campus freely (to prevent the spread of covid).
With all of these changes, the lord is showing me that I need to drop the idea of “normal”. We cannot allow our routine and what we get used to having right in front of us dictate our happiness. It’s time to stop finding happiness in physical objects, and start finding it in the father. Once you stop allowing certain things or people determine how happy you are, then you’re going to see the lord spark more and more in you. There are so many things we all “used to” do but now it’s time to turn that around and start to say “now I get to”. We get to wake up everyday and make it a new day with new decisions and choices to make. How are you going to change your perspective and learn how to put your happiness in the lord before you put it into your everyday normal.
Girl you said it and so beautifully! It wasn’t until I lost everything and I mean everything that I realized what I had and appreciated what I had left. The lord finds ways to teach us what is important and sometimes if we resist and never see what he intends us to see we’ll just keep going through the same lesson until we get it and blesses us when we finally learn. I’m so proud that you chose to take a step of faith and are drawing closer to him. Stay safe sweet girl and I hope to see you soon!