It’s now been a month since I’ve moved up to the bay area, and let me say it’s been nothing of what I originally expected. It’s been a major transition moving away from home, family, and comfort especially since I envisioned it so differently and secondly because I am a person who does not like unfamiliarity (which I am working on). I am incredibly blessed to be up here with an incredible job and an incredible church right down the road from me. The theme of this time in my life? Change. But not just any change, a change that has been one of the hardest and most important times of my life. One that has given me no other option but to rely on God throughout the day and night and come to really find who he is. 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 talks about trials and tribulations with the emphasis on “But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises from the dead”. God allows hard times to bring us closer to him and then for us to encourage others. This verse has become incredibly comforting and my daily theme. There are times when I find that I want a quick fix, but pastor John Mcarthur’s advice really hits home; “Being obedient to the word of God and letting God do his perfecting work in your life, that is the answer- not running all over the place to have your troubles fixed.”
September 13, 2009, 2:18pm Comments
