I’m sitting alone in the airport. This can’t be real. Goodbyes have been said and here I sit at gate F14 with the World Race behind me? It all feels like a dream, a wild and wonderful dream.
The goodbyes weren’t as hard as I expected them to be. Yes, my heart hurts but I’m ok. The Lord has done so much this past week, more than I could have ever asked for; Georgia has become a sweet place of reunion and revivals. I don’t know if my time with AIM is over; I don’t want it to be.
I would wake up tomorrow and do this all over again if I could, but from glory to glory, I journey with the Trinity. There’s more to discover, more people to love, and places to see. I feel rested spiritually and feel confident going home that these nine months saw all of me and more. I have been stretched to look more like Christ. I know I get to walk out this season with rejoicing over who the Father is and how I got to discover more of Him.
It’s getting more and more real that so much in me has changed in these nine months. I’m walking into 604 Battle Front Trail not the same woman I walked out as. The Lord has done so much. How will I feel? What will the coming days be like? Will this all transition smoothly? None of it feels real.
Back to home life I go. Coffee shops and friends. Driving and blow drying my hair. Mama and Molly. Daddy and my own bed. I know through it all the Lord walks with me. Actually this is just the beginning of a new chapter.
This season gets to bring so many emotions and they are all ok and valid. Going home does not compromise the work Jesus has done in and through me. Going home gets to increase my identity in the Lord. Going home allows me to set boundaries I needed long ago. Going home can bring joy and sorrow all in one hour. Going home gets to stretch me to look more like King Jesus. Landing in a place that feels so new and so familiar gets to be another adventure I get to explore with the Father.
None of this has to make sense right now. All things in this season get to be for God’s glory alone. In Him I am made new. In him I find peace and comfort. In Him all things are made complete. My World Race is complete and I hear, “Well done good and faithful daughter.”
-Katherine
Katherine, What a joy it is to have you home! And what a great joy it has also been to watch your journey these past nine months – even to the last moments you had alone in the airport on the way home. This is written/spoken so well here, and as seasons come and go in your life, that attitude of “I GET TO walk out this season with rejoicing….” will carry you far. Indeed, all that the Lord gives to us is a “get to” and His blessings abound in each season more than we can ever ask or imagine. Couldn’t be more proud of you and honored to call you my daughter. Love you!
She reminds me so much of you, sweet Katie!!! I love you so much and what an incredible daughter you have raised! It is truly what life is supposed to be about..GETTING TO walk with our wonderful Father day in and day out. Hugs!!