Eventually, the mind entertains the spirit...

Change is a funny thing. We get bored, we get stuck. And we want things to change. We long for the new and the exciting to come and save us from our benign existence. We dream of adventure. We hope for better things. Then, suddenly, without warning, our monotonous world…suddenly shifts. And with the shift our whole world becomes off balance. This is not what we expected, not even what we had dreamed. It feels more like a nightmare! At first we cannot breath. We stagger and gasp for air as the world begins to blacken around us. We hold on to one thought that will keep us from going down. Voices are blurred and we pray to God for help.

Next comes a moment of awful silence; and that moment may last for seconds, hours, or even days. It is then that the mind comes to the realization that it is not dreaming. This is reality. Nothing can change it. The mind then races toward an escape. Running, running, running toward nothing! Where could I go? What could I do? There has to be a way out! I can’t do this!

Eventually, the mind entertains the spirit and hope is escorted in! Hope because our lives have a purpose. Hope because the Creator is present. Hope because we will stand up again!

For me, I am reminded that my prayer has been answered. Reminded that God Himself told me what to pray the morning before the earth shifted on me. He reminds me that He has written the story of my destiny and I am meant to soar with Him. I am to live a life of adventure and freedom!

And so it begins—or so it continues—as I see how each day has been leading me to this dramatic change. And one day, I will look back in fondness on this season of realignment. In the story of my life it will not seem so abrupt. Everything has been pointing here for some time. It is the next step, of course. 