I am sitting in the Miami airport, enduring our eight hour layover from an incredible trip with Young Life serving in the Dominican Republic. I am bubbling with excitement from the news I get to share about making the national netball team! I've already made phone calls to my coaches from Ann Arbor, my sister in Colorado, and my dad who is working and with each person my excitement contiues to multiply. I have the chance to play the game I'm passionate about for the country I love, against the rest of the world. Wow.
It's been a few hours now sitting in this leeway place between the past week in the Dominican and the life I have ahead of me. Three days after finding out that I have been picked for the squad, the shock is starting to fade to bigger questions. I am thrilled to have a chance to play netball on the world's stage but I'm starting to feel shaken by this huge new life that could be waiting for me when I get home. It's a huge mix of excitement, fear, and joy. I have been picked to represent the United States and play against the world. Wow (again!) - that's a LOT to be called to! There are a lot of "what if's" swirling around my mind. What if I'm not strong enough? Tough enough? Fast enough? What if my life changes because of this?
I don't know any of these answers but what settles my heart the most is trusting that God has been there with me every moment from the beginning and will continue to be ever present. Flipping my bible open, I turn the page open to John 14:1 that says, "Don't let your heart be troubled. Trust in God and Christ. I am preparing a place for you." I can do this only through God who strengthens me and has created a place for me, I can't forget it.
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