Running with Abandon

Welp, here it goes. I'm making the plunge. I am entering into the blogging world! I've been told that my mind is like a pinball machine...my thoughts just bounce around my head and I connect dots that on the surface, make no sense. I want this blog to be a way of organizing the thoughts that continually run around my head because I am very much an external processor (what a blessing it is that the Lord has given most of my closest friends the gift of discernment so as to provide Godly insight and understanding).

Something that God continually has been throwing at me the past year is the call to reckless abandon. Reckless is defined as: utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless. This is a calling that requires all of me. This cannot be a half hearted pursuit and requires a sense of radical trust that in throwing all aside I am grabbing hold of something so much better.

This past year I've had the privilege of discipling a freshman girl from HIS. This past semester we decided we wanted to go through the book of Acts together (if you've never read it, I highly suggest it. It's awesome). Both of us this semester were preparing for huge adventures this summer: she is now in Africa for the summer and I am here in Louisiana. Huge adventures filled with risks and a need for dependence on the Lord. Our worlds were completely rocked when we came across Acts 20:22-24 "And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." We were in a place, not knowing what we were facing when we arrived at our respective places but fully knowing that we were following His guidance.

So here I am, in Louisiana, the journey that got me here is full of His faithfulness and I know fully well He will continue to be faithful. I cannot tell you why fully I am here, I could tell you why it makes sense that I am in Louisiana however I know there is larger purpose for me being here. What is required of me is daily recognizing the need to abandon all expectations and plans to pursue the sense of adventure and purpose that has been laid out before me. It's a journey. A path where I am learning to forsake all that I am: to cast aside all my fears, desires, expectations, plans, and even common sense to run boldly and fearlessly towards Him

with reckless abandon.