Sweeter

Another week. A few more pieces of information, some confusion, and one large breakdown later, we're still here waiting. And sweetly so for a few reasons:

- One, we are in God's perfect will! And He leads the blind in the paths they do not know. (Is. 42:16) One step at a time we are following. One step at a time is the pace.

- Two, it's hard. More so for me. This particular situation opens the door wide for my propensity toward thinking. And thinking more often than not leads me to worry and anxiety. Quite the opposite of trusting the Lord. Day after day there arises the opportunity to trust the Lord with what I don't know, with what I would love to be able to plan, and with all of the little details that will need to fall into place when we know where we are going to end up.

- This uncertainty forces both Andrew and I to focus on what is before us. We must not neglect our church, our work, and our relationship in this season, because this is where we are.

The Lord clothes the lilies, and His eye is on the sparrow. He knows the details involved in going to grad school, and moving, and changing jobs. This is the first of many large steps that Andrew and I will take together. Now is the time we get to shepherd our hearts, coach our thoughts, and indulge in patience as we wait. And Lord willing we will learn this well, so that the waiting will only get sweeter as time goes on.