In the next few months many random and big changes are happening in my life. Wow... what exciting times, right? Then why does my stomach sometimes totally and completely feel like a bundle of knots when I think about the near future? Whenever that panicky feeling sets in, I have to remind myself that my life is cradled in God's hands. Literally cradled. Safe and secure.... not forgotten. It's the only thought that brings peace to my mind. Someone once told me that having faith in the Lord means that we ask those "why" life questions, and then let them go... like a balloon in the afternoon wind. It doesn't mean the questions won't be addressed at some point, but it DOES mean that we don't let them stick around and bug us!
I love where I'm at right now... but who's to say I wouldn't love somewhere else just as much or even more? I have some ideas for some major life changes that I may be initiating. We'll have to see how things pan out in the coming months. I hope that every time that scary/doubtful feeling creeps into my heart that I can remember that Satan sometimes discourages us right before really great things come to pass in our lives... so that just means that something GREAT is in the works! If I squint to see really far into my future, I just might be able to see the rainbow out there :o) Until then, I will choose to be grateful for all the good things today brings into my life. That's what we call Hope. :o) It does the spirit good.
