Click.

I've found that the most profound, life-changing experiences always seem to happen at the most unexpected time. And it's never how you think it will happen. You wait, wonder, and pray for direction. You think you know where you're going, then BAM! Something comes out of left field and hits you in the head. After you wake up from the absurdity of that "something," it's so easy to see that you were walking straight towards this "thing" all along. The puzzle pieces fit snugly together in hindsight.  I think today must be one of those moments for me. If you'd asked me last week where and what our family would be doing a year from now, I couldn't tell you for sure, but I had it narrowed down to two different scenarios. Now, well...I think those might be out the window. We haven't made any real decisions, but I have that feeling in my heart. Like everything just locked into place. I swear I heard a click in the back of my head. A click that meant "This is what we're doing. This is what we were waiting on. THIS is the last thing we expected, but here it is all the same." 

Some people say that God will make you go the one place you swore you'd never go. It's not like God is a masochist. I think it's a challenge we make to God. You know, "I'll go wherever you want. Except _______. I definitely won't go _________."   And then a few years go by and you think you're safe. Until you're not. Because you're suddenly talking about going to the one place you swore you'd never go.  Why does God pull us through the circumstances, locations, and issues that we're so confidant about NOT dealing with?  Because when we challenge God, He accepts. And He wins. Every. Single. Time.

I really need to learn to stop saying things I won't do before I end up in Kansas! Because I'll never move to Kansas! ;)    And sorry for the vagueness. I might be completely wrong and things won't work out the way I think they will. It happens occasionally. You know, the me being wrong part.

   

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  1. Tricia FMay 1, 2013 at 7:04 PM

    hmmm.... very intriguing. (I don't think I spelled that correctly.)

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  2. Mindy DumontMay 2, 2013 at 5:55 PM

    All will be revealed in time. ;)

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