Inspired by Champions

My Rick and my mountains!
Photo by Chris Tracy

I know some amazing men and women from all ages and walks. Some are known - others not. Why do I find them amazing?  They are being who they were created to be. They took a risk. They climbed a mountain. They slew a giant. They paid a dear price. Above all, they trusted God. 

One person is leading a worldwide movement; one has the ear of government leaders around the world; one has changed the way we think about our prayer life; one has changed the way I think about health and my body; one has been transformed in thought and faith before my eyes; one has overcome and is faithfully forging ahead and not letting the past affect the future; some have written books; some are following dreams; others have invented business strategies or things that will improve life; still others have sacrificed all to serve with compassion people who don’t know yet who they are or Who they belong to.

These people are my heroes. If I were a scribe used by God to write a Bible for today’s times, many of them would be in it with all their stories of strife, mistakes, and victory. These average, humble individuals have paid the price for me to believe in my own dreams, and I pray the price I pay will open doors for those around me.

Our lives are but a breath on this earth. I want to live my years without regrets. I want to be brave. I choose to trust God, believing for every possibility and promise. I have been championed by greatness. Now I want to champion greatness in others.

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Jehovah Sneaky

Art by Chris Tracy

I signed up for a class; gathered friends; moved to a new town; took some risks - not all in that order and not all at the same time. Nothing too astounding… .

Little did I know that our God – our loving Father and kind teacher – would take what little I offered – just like the boy with the fishes and loaves - and multiply it into something I never thought I would or could do.

That is our God. He is sneaky and tricky.

He takes what we dream about, our passion and heart interests, and without sending us into panic mode quietly leads us step by step into what to us is unknown but to Him is part of a vast roadmap – a strategic plan – that He has called us to be part of.

He took the shy me – the one who feared risk, and the one who listened to the enemy of her thoughts say things like “you can’t do it… that’s foolish… you never follow through with anything… ,” and then He showed me His truth.

God grew my dreams from writer to author; from forming small groups of friends to coordinating regional meetings with yet-to-be friends; from a settled life among loved ones in a small town to a place where I made new friends that now live around the world.

So I wonder what I am giving Him now that He will increase? I am not sure, but I have learned to trust Him. He knows better than I what my dreams are. He put them in me. He is such a good God!

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