Forget unpacking your mind…I am still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that Mary and I went to the open casting call this past weekend for Amazing Race! I think we (more I) were trying to psych ourselves out of it but going proved to be a huge adventure for us…Not to mention we were finally able to move something from out of our “wouldn’t it be cool if we did this box” into our “we are so cool because we stopped talking about it and did it” box!
We, of course, were the two girls in line that were completely unprepared (no application, no pictures, no clue) but thanks to some supporters we made it to being in front of the camera saying why we would rock on Amazing Race and yes, we were AMAZING! I have no real clue of what we said but the adrenaline rush (once it was over) was yes, I will say it again for lack of a better adjective, AMAZING!
To have a little bit of a "deeper" moment…one of the even cooler things that happened was actually the next day in church when the choir sang Hillsong's “From the Inside Out”…These lyrics took on a whole new meaning to me:
“Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame / And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise…”
I know one of the reasons I was, shall we say, hesitant to go to the open casting call was wondering (urg,worrying) what would people think of me (have you ever thought that?), what if I messed up on national TV if we did make it (Mary and I cannot even find our way around our own home town!) and everyone I know saw (what will come out of my mouth when the pressure is on, ohhhh I am going to so embarrass my Mom)!!! But listening to this song reminded me whatever I do (whether it be going to an open casting call or how I interact with those difficult people in my life) my goal, my purpose, my heart’s song is to bring God praise, as He is Everlasting, everything else will fade away... BUT his GLORY goes beyond all fame (especially my little fleeting 15 minutes of fame that the Amazing Race would provide me with!).
Wherever God takes me I pray that He will consume me from the inside out so in all that I do He would get the glory and become more famous through His works in me…now wouldn’t that be (say it with me) AMAZING!
Globally yours,
Lenny
We, of course, were the two girls in line that were completely unprepared (no application, no pictures, no clue) but thanks to some supporters we made it to being in front of the camera saying why we would rock on Amazing Race and yes, we were AMAZING! I have no real clue of what we said but the adrenaline rush (once it was over) was yes, I will say it again for lack of a better adjective, AMAZING!
To have a little bit of a "deeper" moment…one of the even cooler things that happened was actually the next day in church when the choir sang Hillsong's “From the Inside Out”…These lyrics took on a whole new meaning to me:
“Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame / And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise…”
I know one of the reasons I was, shall we say, hesitant to go to the open casting call was wondering (urg,worrying) what would people think of me (have you ever thought that?), what if I messed up on national TV if we did make it (Mary and I cannot even find our way around our own home town!) and everyone I know saw (what will come out of my mouth when the pressure is on, ohhhh I am going to so embarrass my Mom)!!! But listening to this song reminded me whatever I do (whether it be going to an open casting call or how I interact with those difficult people in my life) my goal, my purpose, my heart’s song is to bring God praise, as He is Everlasting, everything else will fade away... BUT his GLORY goes beyond all fame (especially my little fleeting 15 minutes of fame that the Amazing Race would provide me with!).
Wherever God takes me I pray that He will consume me from the inside out so in all that I do He would get the glory and become more famous through His works in me…now wouldn’t that be (say it with me) AMAZING!
Globally yours,
Lenny
