So Here We Go Again

Well, I was just catching up on the blogs that I follow, well the one that I follow, and SB was talking about her trip to Hungary that she just returned from. She was talking about lessons that she learned while she was there. And like I've said before, it helps me a lot when people talk things out with me and help me organize and put words to my thoughts. All of that to say, I feel like Sara Beth summed up my past year in two sentences, without even talking to me or anything. She was talking about a devotional they did on John 10:9, in which Jesus says "I am the door; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture." On that, SB said, "Sometimes He sends us away from the "flock," meaning away from our comfort zone, away from even our group of friends and family and church body. He purposefully sends us out, even out of situations that aren't necessarily wrong, to do His will. "

Bingo.

I feel like God has put me almost 100% outside of my comfort zone emotionally, spiritually, physically, and socially since last August. Not because any of those things were necessarily wrong, but to do his will. And although I'm not really sure what "his will" is for my life at this moment, I just have to trust that he has a purpose, and that he will give me the wisdom and strength that I need.

I also feel like I've been talking a whole lot about this past year and how hard it was - sorry about that. It was one of those things where in the midst of it, I just looked towards the future, so it wasn't until this summer when I reflected back on the school year, that I realized how challenging it was. But little things, like SB's post, just provoke more thought on the matter.