how could i possibly write one blog about how the world race changed my life? i am left speechless in awe of Abbas presence. he has taken my life and created this beautiful masterpiece. this journey with him has been full of so much refinement, growth, truth, tenderness, realizing i can only pour out when i am being filled up.

before the race i found fulfillment, satisfaction & gratification in the things of this world. every time i would run to earthly things to satisfy my soul i would leave feeling empty, heartbroken & desperate. i knew who Jesus was but i didn’t know that he is the only one who can fill me up. he is the only one who can bring satisfaction.

we can run after these things that the world has to offer but it will never compare to the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus Christ, knowing His love, knowing His joy, knowing His heart. philippians 3:8: “what is more, i consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. i consider them garbage, that i may gain Christ.” 

i have tasted and seen what the world has to offer. the brokenness it brings to my heart when i walk down the streets of costa rica and feel the heaviness. the spirits of drunkenness, lust, anger, fear, dissatisfaction, loneliness. i feel it. we are in desperate need of Jesus. to know him is to know love. these past 9 months i have tasted and seen that Jesus is the only one that satisfies my soul. i have tasted and seen that He is good. 1 peter 2:2: “like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” 

everything of this world will fade. the race will come to an end in 21 days. we can choose to go back to worldly things or we can choose to be set apart for the rest of our lives, not ashamed of the gospel. we can choose to do the thing that is hard, uncomfortable for the sake of the gospel. we can choose to bow down before him when everyone else around us are bowing before ungodly things. we can choose to love because he first loved us. we can choose to continue to walk on this race with him even when the physical race is over.

the world race didn’t change my life, eternal life did. 

apply for the race friends! it’s so worth it! 

all my love,

lydia