CGA Lesson 1: PEACE

Welcome to my fresh start.

The race is over and now a new season has started.
I've already learned so much at CGA [Center for Global Action] and I know it was the right decision to come to Georgia.

How do I know?
It's bearing fruit.

Let me tell you about my peace…

It's safe to say that world race re-entry is one of the craziest things I've ever experienced. I was up, I was down, I was crying about the orphans, raging about the wealthy, was eating every cliche delicious meal, and yet brokenhearted about the poor. I wanted to visit everybody, and yet I just needed some alone time for once. I was spiritually exhausted, yet I wanted everyone to know that the Holy Spirit is real. I was living the polar opposite of what I had just experienced for 11 months. I had a bed, hot showers, my family, my phone, my church…

As Adele would put it, I was rolling in the deep.

But I had no peace.

I was crying and worrying.
I wanted to default back to comfortable.
I got upset with the Lord.
I demanded things from Him.
I pouted when plans changed.
I forgot to thank Him for constantly sparing me from short-sightedness.

I came to Project Searchlight just a few days fresh from 'making up' with the Lord.
Thankfully, He doesn't hold grudges and spoke to me loud and clear.

CGA.
UGANDA.

So I came to CGA, and I signed up to lead summer trips (hopefully to Uganda).

Guess what I've been feeling here in Georgia?

Peace, baby!

Peace over everything:: my heart, my mind, my finances, my never-ending to-do list, my future ministry, my apprenticeship, my time management, my new community… you name it, and I have peace over it.

I came to realize that every door closed so that I would walk through this one.
Jesus has plans for me that are good and not meh!

I pray you search your heart and find a place where you need more peace.
Ask the Lord for it, because He is not in the business of holding back.

…Peace out…