Transition

Tran·si·tion
1. passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another

Moving from one place to another is something that can take a person a very long time to adjust to. In the last week I have moved from a place that I loved back to the place that I grew up. Some called me crazy. I lived in Nashville, TN, a place that only gets cold for like 3 months a year and on any given day in those months could a 70 degree day be thrown in there. A majority of my my closest friends live there, as well as my brother and sister in-law and my 2 nieces. I am now back in Ohio where it is warm 3 months out of the year and on any given day in those months could a 40 degree day be thrown in there. However, I am going to be a surrounded by family and it is another place where I feel comfortable.

I am sitting here on my third day working at my new church and I can say that I know that I am exactly where God wants me to be. Did I always say I would never move back to Ohio? Yes. Did I take a leap of faith? Yes. Did I question why on earth it was Ohio I was being called to? Certainly.

With all these questions I had, the only thing that was crazy was that how obvious the decision was to make this transition and how clear God was. As humans we are constantly having to make decisions. And most of those decisions we try to make on our own. Sometimes we make the right decisions and sometimes we are so off its embarrassing. So my question for you is, how often do we let God in on the decisions we make? Are you anything like me where you find yourself trying to do things on your own, without the help of anyone else? Through this transition, one of the things that I noticed about myself is that I have a tendency to seek God more when I am dealing with big decisions or when I need something. As humans this is a natural tendency. The “what can I get from this” mentality. Will I pray about what shirt I am going to where tomorrow? Probably not. But, so far through this transition, one thing I do know is that in order for me to be more affective in ministry, and simply as a person who claims to be a “christian” I definitely need to be more intentional about being a person who is in constant communication with God.

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