Leave it all on the field!!

As the days get closer to my departure to to my trip.. I am reflecting back on all
"moments" in my life..where I had prepared and trained for things... and reflecting on how
I felt when it was over.. when the game was over, when the race was over..when the trip was over... when all of the hard work either paid off, or whether I didn't "leave it all on the field"...

As most know, I am pretty hard on myself, when it comes to measuring myself.. but the one that stands out to me is my recent Triathlon I did in April 2009. I trained for many months..swimming, biking, and running. I dedicated so much time to just training... I worked so hard and wanted to do so well. Well, long story short, I did FINISH, but I didn't leave it ALL on the field. I let the distractions get the best of me, I lost focus (But, I am learning that God made me the way He did for a reason, but that is for another time!)

I pray that in the weeks ahead I leave it ALL on the field at Village of Hope. I pray I allow the Holy Spirit to do things in me
that I cant' even imagine.. Really, this mission trip has nothing to do with me, and EVERYTHINGl to do with surrendering myself and allowing God to work in me & THROUGH me in ways beyond what I can even imagine... I am simply a vessel going to deliver love and hope to children who have been stripped of it...

In the days ahead, as I continue to prepare, my prayer is that He Rids me of myself!! That I give HIM my all..the children my ALL, and my team my ALL!


Philippians 3:12-16 (The Message)

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I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.

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So let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you'll see it yet! Now that we're on the right track, let's stay on it.