Training camp has been really…good. There really are no other words. The Lord has given me such peace through all the things He’s been teaching me here and speaking so clearly through all the people that He’s brought into my life this last weekend.
Within the last 4 days, there has just been such a load lifted off of me, and I know that load was the weight of my shame and sin. I came into this weekend with a struggle between my flesh and the Spirit of God that lives within me. I have felt shame and guilt because of my mistakes and have felt like I haven’t been measuring up or that I’m a failure. But the Lord is wonderful for bringing me to a safe place. A safe place where i am open to hear Him and feel closer to Him than I have in a long while. A place where i can be healed and hold nothing back with no distractions that usually take my focus off of Him. A place where I have been reminded time and time again that those are lies, but I can be sure of who I am and how He views me. A place where the Lord reassures that I am free; I am loved; I am His.
And that is exactly what training camp is. It is a safe place where the Lord can speak to you directly to fully prepare you for the mission He has set out for you. I have been preparing for this trip to India since the beginning of the year; some of my teammates have been preparing for over that and still, the Lord was not done and still had things to say to us. The Lord has opened up my eyes and ears to what He has to me. I know He’ll only teach me so much more these coming months. Until the next lesson.
(Only one more day until we leave!)
