Good Morning! Welcome to my blog! If you don’t know me, my name is Justin Seibert, I am 20 years old, live in Tucson, Arizona; and I am going on The World Race!
So, lets kick this off! How have I been doing lately? Where do I start?
God is good my friends. He has been teaching me so many lessons about my role in this world, helping me through struggles, and redeeming me through everything in my life. I have been finding increasing joy in everything I do, because I have been looking to Christ during my struggles and actively working towards happiness in everything I do. Training camp is 1 week away, I am nervous, excited, and ready to GET GOING! All the paperwork, and talk about the journey is great and all, but I want to get out there and start DOING.
I recently reached my first goal of $5,000. Thank you.
I am blown away by the support I have received from friends, family, and God has been reminding me to lean into Him constantly. I have had doubts in regards to raising money, and the whole adventure in general. And I am almost certain I will have more coming my way. But those doubts don’t weaken me, they do the opposite. When I have a doubt, a struggle, when I have to choose to step out of my comfort zone, it is surely difficult and uncomfortable, but in the end it makes me stronger. It sounds cliche but it is true!
I just had to have a difficult conversation with my Starbucks manager, not difficult for any reason but the fact that I love everyone I work with and don’t want to leave them! I love coming to work, and my coworkers are no longer just coworkers. They are my friends, my brothers and sisters. And I love each and every single one of them so much. I pray so much that my relationships with them will stand the test of time. They have taught me so much not just about coffee, but more importantly, how to conduct myself, how to love, and they have shown me unconditional love through all my imperfections. I am so grateful to you guys for loving me, I love you. So much. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me.
I have been trying to increase my productivity through my days by means of bullet journaling, writing my plans out and trying to achieve them. Then I review what I did and did not accomplish and figure out why things happened and try to do better the next day. I have moved more into being in the present moment. I have been trying to read more, meditate, and eat healthier. I am in a period of trying to simplify things in my life. I have a flip phone, very few sources of social media, no tv, I am just trying to live on less, and appreciate more. I feel so much better when I do this.
One thing I am REALLY focusing on is love. I believe that no matter what happens to me in this world, no matter what I fail at or accomplish, I am meant to lift others up and show them my unconditional love. I have a lot of work to do, because it is hard to live that way. But my prayer is that each day I can become just a little bit more like Jesus.
Another thing I am trying to focus on is the immediate present, and near future. I realized when I would try to plan my life too far in advance I wasn’t putting it in God’s hands, I was relying on my own wisdom and planning, which failed me every time. So I am just trusting in the timing of the Lord to provide for me when He is ready.
All in all, I am doing phenomenally and that is all thanks to God. The best news we could ever hear in this life is this: “There is a God, and He is Love.” And we know this to be true. So I am just trying to live helping and loving others, relying on God to provide for me in everything, and life is good. Praise God when things are good and when they are not.
I am still making mistakes, learning from them, falling short, and working on myself. But God redeems all my mistakes and sins. Thank you all for your support towards me on this journey, I love all of you guys so dang much!
Training Camp is in 1 week!!!
-Justin Seibert
