Destinations
Last night, I spent some time planning and mapping out our summer vacation. As has been the case now for several summers, our vacation plans revolve around wherever Nationals for dance is being held. This year, it's in Virginia Beach, so we have known where we were going for some time. We just didn't know what the vacation would look like.
Last night, we received the tentative schedule for the competition part of the week, so I could begin to get an idea of how things would fit in around the times Rachel needs to be on stage. And I looked at the map to get an idea of how long the drive would be from here to there. And I began to see what is around, close enough to drive to.
This is the point in the vacation planning where I get excited, where I begin dreaming about what we're going to do and see.
It's great to know the destination. It's even better when you get a glimpse of what you're going to do. But we don't always get a clear view.
At this point in our lives, we know our destination. A week from today we will be unloading a truck full of our stuff (actually, we'll be watching two movers unload a truck) and putting it somewhere near where it goes in our new house. We will spend the night there and then come back to Portage for one final weekend. (Sort of the opposite of how our other moves have gone.) We know the destination: Terre Haute, Indiana.
I just don't know the specifics yet of what God has called us to do there at Mount Pleasant, though I have glimpses.
Nor do I know how God will work in this church, Portage First, that we have come to know and love over the last ten years, in the years to come.
Have I ever mentioned that I have control issues? I like to know what's coming. I like to have a plan. And yet, I'm learning (as I've had to learn many times before) that I'm not really in control of the journey. Nor do I have to know each and every detail to be able to travel this road. God is leading the way, and he will show us where to go, each and every one of us. His plan is better than any we could make, anyway. So very often God gives us just enough light to be able to see the next step. And we have to trust him for the rest.
In these days of change and transition and stress and unknowing, may I and all of us learn to trust the God who knows what he is doing and who is leading us all to the destination.
Last night, we received the tentative schedule for the competition part of the week, so I could begin to get an idea of how things would fit in around the times Rachel needs to be on stage. And I looked at the map to get an idea of how long the drive would be from here to there. And I began to see what is around, close enough to drive to.
This is the point in the vacation planning where I get excited, where I begin dreaming about what we're going to do and see.
It's great to know the destination. It's even better when you get a glimpse of what you're going to do. But we don't always get a clear view.
At this point in our lives, we know our destination. A week from today we will be unloading a truck full of our stuff (actually, we'll be watching two movers unload a truck) and putting it somewhere near where it goes in our new house. We will spend the night there and then come back to Portage for one final weekend. (Sort of the opposite of how our other moves have gone.) We know the destination: Terre Haute, Indiana.
I just don't know the specifics yet of what God has called us to do there at Mount Pleasant, though I have glimpses.
Nor do I know how God will work in this church, Portage First, that we have come to know and love over the last ten years, in the years to come.
Have I ever mentioned that I have control issues? I like to know what's coming. I like to have a plan. And yet, I'm learning (as I've had to learn many times before) that I'm not really in control of the journey. Nor do I have to know each and every detail to be able to travel this road. God is leading the way, and he will show us where to go, each and every one of us. His plan is better than any we could make, anyway. So very often God gives us just enough light to be able to see the next step. And we have to trust him for the rest.
In these days of change and transition and stress and unknowing, may I and all of us learn to trust the God who knows what he is doing and who is leading us all to the destination.
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