It’s the most wonderful time of year! Holidays and food and gifts and family and decorations and . . . stress!!
Are you feeling it yet?
I typically manage to remain relatively unstressed by the holidays. But this year we’re selling our house and moving to be near my new job at The Mitford Museum on TOP of all the holiday stuff. Oh, and I just launched my seventh novel. Oy. God has a sense of humor.
And there have been a few moments of sheer panic when I’ve thought . . . WHAT ARE WE DOING?!? Because this whole business of change is unsettling and uncomfortable.
In the midst of it all there are moments when I want to either go back to how it WAS or jump ahead to how it WILL BE. Because this in between time is UNCOMFORTABLE. And when I start to feel uncomfortable, I start to ask if I’m really in God’s will. Because when we follow Him we’re supposed to be comfortable. Right?
Yeah. No.
Joshua keeps coming to mind. After 40 years of following Moses through the desert, the Israelites finally came to the promised land. At last–time to get comfortable! Except Moses is dead. And the promised land is inhabited by giants. And God gives Joshua this great pep talk about being strong and courageous because I’m thinking he really, really needed it right about then!
So, no, being in God’s will isn’t necessarily comfortable. As a matter of fact, there’s an awful lot of evidence that it can be really, really challenging. Because it seems it’s in the struggle that we grow. I’m looking forward to the day when I come home from my new job to our new house where I can settle on the sofa with my husband and dog in total comfort. I’m confident that day is coming. And until then . . . I’m just going to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Because I have faith that God is at work even now.
Sarah – just remember the strong Phillips stock you came from. They ventured across the ocean to Massachusetts, then journeyed to West Virginia and you are I are still here!
You will be fine. I know your new job will be great.
Your long lost cousin, Peggy
How far of a move is that? The Mitford museum is also in NC if I remember correctly…
It’s just 90 minutes away and close to the museum!
Thank you for the reminder and the inspiration! Carrying the Phillips’ legacy into new territory!
The Mitford Museum! Sarah, how exciting for you! Blessings to you on this next adventure and thank you for the reminder about how we should remain calm in our times of being unsettled and uncomfortable. God in His sovereignty continues to chisel away at us in His plan to conform us to the image of His dear Son. I am so excited for you, Sarah!
And I hope you’ll come visit!!
Thanks Sarah, I just checked out your blog and this really resonated! We are going through our in between with a move looming and we are reading about the Exodus again. God is so good to move along with us and ahead of us!
I’m so glad you found it helpful! I’m still working on it myself 🙂