Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2
A Time for Everything
1 For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.
2 A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
There is a season for everything in life. Some are long....some are short. No matter what the season, our lives are ever changing moment by moment.
Change can mean so many things, and it can also be very scary. Even if it's a road that you have walked down before, changing from what is "safe" to what is "challenging" adds a sense of excitement, adventure, and life into a season that has gone stagnant.
In my life, the word "change" is usually followed by the word "consequence". That really sounds horrible huh? Doesn't have to be.
I see a road and a journey that I am about to embark upon in the near future. But in order to walk that road, I must die to another. Sounds pretty harsh huh? Sacrifice is difficult. As I sit here and type this, I feel the lump in my throat and the tears filling up.
When a missionary goes out into the mission field, do they not have the same feeling? I think so. They give up a life they know and love to go into new waters hoping that the swimming lessons they took will pay off.
You shouldn't pray for God to do things in your life if you don't want them to come true. For me....that was today. I had not only one...or two...but many moments today where God appeared and laid the foundation for a new journey. In that, I had no idea what I would have to give up in order to make this a "YES" moment. And, it didn't hit me until talking to Chad and his reaction was "WHAT???? ARE YOU KIDDING?"
As I prepare myself in my own mind for changes that are coming, I pray that God put peace in my heart. I pray that He will give me the knowledge, wisdom, patience, and self control to move on and with everything I do, give Him the glory.
If it is His will, He will make it all okay and the lives that I impact will be closer to Him because of others seeing Jesus through me.
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Whatever you do in word or deed, my friend, do it with confidence in His name. He will take us places we could never have imagined.
I pray for your journey...whatever it is.
I love you today!
Wow, Brenda. I admire your faith to step out onto this new road and let God lead your steps, however uncertain and scary they may be at times. I pray that He will hold your hand and guide you, as a father guiding his child taking their first steps, and keep you from falling. I pray that He will give you everything you need to walk this new path. I pray that He will comfort you as you sacrifice that other road to walk the one He has called you to.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
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