It’s been almost exactly a year since I’ve started this journey and I remember, very clearly, the day that I had first heard about GoCorps. I was sitting in the living room of my on-campus apartment at William Jessup University, catching up with my friend and former mentor over Facetime. We chatted about the changes of life, the beginning of the end of my schooling career, and where I was to go from there. I expressed my longtime desire to go abroad for a while and do ministry in a different cultural context, but I had no idea where to start. There were so many great organizations out there,…
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”What Does God Think About You?”
I have been asked this question twice in the last week and both times I was stumped for an answer. What does God think about me? In the moment I felt a little weird for not knowing, I mean, this is supposed to be elementary knowledge as a Christian, isn’t it? But I had never really thought to ponder what God thought about me, let alone ask. My pursuit these last few months has been to get to know pieces of God’s character on a deeper level, and I definitely have been. But, now I find myself in a place of wondering where my identity fits into all of that. If…
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“But as for me, I trust in you, O Lord, I say, ‘You are my God’.” -Psalm 31:14
Those who know me well know that I am completely and totally my own worst critic. I often push myself into a cycle of setting high standards, missing the mark, and then spiraling into a state of self-shame until I finally remember that I am human and that it’s OK not to be perfect.
Six weeks has passed since the beginning of this support raising journey and I have undoubtedly found myself being caught under the currents of my own perfectionism multiple times for a variety of reasons.
I should have…
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As I sit here writing my very first blog as a “goer”, I can’t help but feel completely excited to jump into my support raising campaign. If I could ask myself a year ago how I felt about fundraising, my response would probably come out sounding like an exhausted sigh, an obvious sign of burnout and disappointment. So, being in the mindset that I am now is nothing short of a miracle.
Over the last few months God has been gently shifting my perspective on support raising through prayer, good conversations, and the training and support from the GoCorps staff. Will it be a difficult…
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