4 Short Days Away...

Four short days, and I will begin the journey of a life time. I am heading to Boise, Idaho first to spend 2 days with a girl, Emily, who is also doing the DTS. Then from there I will leave on the 8th to fly to Kona, Hawaii. It all kind of seems unreal at this point. I almost feel as if the past 18 years of my life has been a period of preparation for this one journey... and the journey will be preparation for something even bigger, and so on. When I did my internship with A Place For The Heart this past summer, I remember a friend Stephen Roach speaking to our group about preparation. How for so long we prepare and prepare and prepare, going over every detail, making things as beautiful as we can... and when we are finished preparing, we set out to do what we were called to in that season, and its so much shorter than the preparation season - but SO worth it... and I feel that way about this exactly. The reality of leaving has started to hit the past couple of days. I have hidden my breakdowns quite well, just for the fact of keeping my family sane while I'm still around, ha. My heart is ready to break down in so many ways. For excitement and sadness. You really don't know what you have and how much you actually love it, until its slipping through your fingers and you have a very short period to enjoy it. I wish that wasn't so. I want to realize that all the time, this way I could fully dive into whats around me and the people I'm with, and invest what I truly desire to invest into the seasons I have been placed.
People keep asking me if I am nervous. Part of me is extremely nervous. I don't know really anybody there, it's going to be a completely different atmosphere. How will my heart react? Will I stay true to who I am? Am I going to really get all that the Lord has for me? Will I give it to the distractions that will come? I really could go on and on about things that I've come to realize are possibilities. But in the end, there is no point for worrying. When we worry, we take our trust out of the Lord and I don't want to be in that place. I want to put everything that I am, my hopes and dreams, my fears and worries... all of it, and give it over to the Lord. Because I definitely can't do anything on my own - because it all comes from Him.
But... my heart is ready. My dreams are coming alive... that is SUCH an amazing reality to be faced with. MY DREAMS are coming ALIVE. So many years of dreaming and exploring my options, praying and hoping for things to come to pass... and in 4 short days, I will be stepping into a part of my destiny. I will be traveling a road completely new to me, HOW EXCITING!!! What an amazing amazing amazing feeling to KNOW that you are walking in the plans the Lord has had set for you before creation. So many times I could have decided not to do it, but that step of faith... and oh the places it'll take me.
My dream for this adventure is to really see the heart of the Lord like never before, experience who He is... learn Him, discover Him, become one with Him. A lot of people have told me that this is like my honeymoon with the Lord... and I want that exactly. Being pursued and pursuing... how beautiful that is when we let the Lord completely take over. He knows me better than I know myself, He has put every single desire in my heart... and He longs to fulfill those things even more than I do. I feel literally honored to have such an incredible King as my best friend. and I know that will become even more intense over the next 6 months... spilling over into my whole life.

Thank you for supporting me in this journey. I cannot wait to see the amazing things the Lord does in me, through me, and around me. It will be an adventure of a life time... and I can't wait to share all of it with you.
Please be praying for my safety in every aspect as I leave in a couple of days. The plans of the enemy are pretty strong at this point, and will continue to be strong as I walk in the heart of Jesus... but He is even stronger and can rip that stuff apart, and I think He plans to do so!!

Jesus loves you so much! Dive into what He has for you today, He will blow you away!!
I will talk to you very soon :)

-Lizzie