Saying "Yes" to Change

Hello, dear ones.

So much has changed since last I wrote that I don't quite know where to begin. 

A month into this transition, and I finally find myself thinking of taking this breath to 

share with you. 

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Have you ever had an impending feeling that some major shift was coming in your life? 

You know of nothing impending, yet, expectant, you wait. 

For the last year, I have had that feeling. 

Me - the one who hates change. 

Me - the one who doesn't want to upset the status quo. 

Me - the one who loved her job, loved her students, loved it all. 

Me - the one whose life revolves around her family and spends every spare moment with them. 

That feeling I had was more than just an intuition

I know it was God - preparing me for change. 

He- the One about to give me change.

He - the One about to upset the status quo. 

He - the One who knew I loved my job, loved my students, loved it all. 

He - the One who gave me my family and the desire to spend every spare moment with them. 

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In the midst of these tensions came the call for action. 

I saw myself , years down the road, accepting "enough" for myself when God wanted to give me "more"

He was calling me out of my space of comfort, and thus I prepared my heart for obedience. 

Ironically, the lack of support came from the most unlikely of places. 

Not from my administration, not from my family, not even from my closest friends.

But God's calling was to me & each step of the way He confirmed His guidance. 

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No, I didn't leave teaching because it wasn't for me. 

No, I didn't leave teaching because of my students. 

I left my job because God was calling me to more.

He was telling me  - all the things you love, say "Yes" to them all. 

Say "Yes" to them all at once.

All those experiences, even the ones that seemed unconnected at the time - 

from the costume room

to the stage

from the sciences 

to the event planning

from the hospitality of your family

to the Creation Seminars of your youth

from conferences

to travel

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Say "Yes"

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Was this in my 5 year plan? 

No. . . but Yes.

Because God never makes years ahead of me clear and definite. 

He shows me "this is the way - walk in it."

Taking my hand, He opens the gate 

and ushers me into the path of beauty.

Though there are certain to be brambles along the path

And moments of shadow and fear

He walks beside me leading along the path 

to untold adventures ahead. 

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And where He leads,

I will follow.