Oh Baby Sister...

Well, its official. My "little" sister is a legit college student. She packed up her things and moved to North Carolina where she is at Gardner Webb University. I almost don't know what to do because she isn't here! Although I am in a funk and miss her, I am extremely proud of her and all of her accomplishments. I wish her luck and send her on with my prayers pushing her along!

Comfortable?

It's just when life seems comfortable and manageable that God tends to show up and cancel your dinner plans for you.

At my church, TrueNorth, our pastor has been challenging us not to stay comfortable in our walk for too long. This can also be turned around and looked at from another perspective. God is saying to us, don't get comfortable because I have bigger and better plans for you. I have recently discovered that this is in fact truth. When you pray, "God, disturb me. Disturb my life." it is looking like God simply says, "Ok sure." I am learning that for God to build our lives up, they must first be torn apart.

I am at an age in my life where many decisions will be made. Some for good, some for "not so good." Every time I turn around something in my life is changing. Whether it be my school, major, job, house, or pants size, nothing stays the same for long. This may sound somewhat obvious, of course things change. Seasons come and go, time moves by as quickly as it did the day before, there is always change. So why is it that when we change things we aren't used to changing we feel so torn apart?

In the end change will have always happened, whether it have been for better or worse. But how is a decision supposed to be made when all paths look great? What is to tell you that the prize is actually behind a different door than the one you are thinking of choosing? If all of the doors are God-given, does it matter which path is taken? Is the decision left up to us? Why do we have to change? What would happen if we decide not to walk through any of the open doors?

My thoughts escape me...