On October 16th, a group of friends and myself took a trip to Atlanta to do the Susan G. Koman 3-day Walk. We would be walking 60 miles over three days. Yes, you heard me correct...60 miles. :)
For me, this was something that I wanted to achieve personally, but more importantly I wanted to raise the money for the fight against breast cancer. Breast cancer took my Aunt Vickie from our family and has taken many loved ones from friends in my life. I was also walking in honor of my daughter Madalyn. Breast cancer is an awful disease, but one that we are making huge strides against! And Susan G. Koman has played a huge part in helping with that. They raise money all over the country doing these 3-day walks. In Atlanta alone, we raised around 3.5 million!!! Isn't that awesome!!
In order to participate in the 3-day walk each participant had to raise at least $2300. And my first reaction was, "well if God wants me to do the walk, then He will provide". And that is pretty much how I looked at things the entire 6 months leading up to the walk. I knew that fundraising wasn't my strong-suit, so I would definitely have to depend on God to provide. And although I knew 60 miles was a lot to walk, I knew that with the support of my friends, I could do it.
Here is how God provided a way for me to go to Atlanta:
On Monday, September 22nd, a friend at work asked me how much I had raised for the walk. I told her I had only raised $511 so far, but I knew if it was meant for me to go on this walk, God would provide the rest. And although I believed that, I have to admit that I started to worry. I really wanted to go do this walk. It was important to me! I had trained for 6 months and was really excited about accomplishing such a huge task. And as you can see I started to turn my thoughts on ME. I wanted to do it for ME. It was no longer for God or to share God with others. It was starting to turn into an experience about ME. Monday night I prayed that God would show me what His decision was for me and this walk. I asked Him to help me turn my thoughts back to focusing on Him. And ya'll, boy did He ever!!
The next night, Tuesday, September 23rd, my friend Monica added me to a group called, Tabitha's 3 Day Auction on Facebook. I immediately looked at my husband and started crying. I was so overwhelmed by what God was about to do. (i'm tearing up again just thinking about it) I knew I had some pretty awesome friends, but ya'll I was completely overwhelmed by what they had planned. That they would take time out of their lives to raise this money for me. I was shocked! But God reminded me in Romans 12:10 ~ Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor. My friends are my family and they are showing me love, but also showing others God while doing it. We gave all glory to God during that auction and boy did God provide. He really showed each person in the group and beyond what He can do when you rely on Him to provide. I had $511 the day the auction started. When the auction was all said and done, my 3-day account had $2360 in it. Wow, I am still emotional just talking about it. What an AWESOME God we serve!!
So back to the walk...before we left for Atlanta on October 16th I started to have these emotions that I was not worthy enough to be doing this. The devil was already trying to discourage me and I was not going to let him. I texted a few friends that I knew would pray for me and their encouragement got me going in the right direction. I especially got excited once I met up with my teammates, Kelly and Becca. These ladies mean the world to me and I am so thankful I was able to experience this with them. Here are a few pictures of our trip up to Atlanta. I will do a Day 1 post soon.
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