Transition

Transition

One day I was driving home from work, and I was listening to music in the car, and I heard these words, "baby steps my child, to you it may be nothing, but you make daddy proud…" Those words hit my heart, and I began to cry. I am on my journey, and it has brought me to a new place, and I found myself unsure of everything, but isn't that all part of the process?

Don't you love it when someone tells you to "embrace the process?" That is probably one of the most disliked statements among people. We don’t like the process. We all realize that embracing the process means that we are changing. You are on your journey, and it seems that the road ahead is a little crooked. I believe that is the beginning of the planting of the seed of change.  Since we are a part of creation, God created us, then we also go through seasons. When a seed is first planted, it probably feels like spring, the air is full of the aroma of blooming trees. The days are getting longer, and the rain showers bring you just enough water to drink.  You may even be excited about what is being planted. You are being watered, and suddenly, the seasons change, and winter is coming. Most people don’t like winter because it’s cold and sometimes dreary without much sun. But that is when you are being nourished at your roots.

Let me explain with a story: In July of 2018, I made a decision to move; I knew that things in my life were changing, and as I said yes to the decision stirring in my heart, there was excitement. Then, winter came and the excitement was fading. I was struggling to believe that my "yes" was anything other than a silly dream. I began to think that this move was not going to happen. But then my faith was stirred, and I started to believe in the promise again. At just the right time, I was offered a job, and moving was right around the corner. 

I still needed to figure out how to nourish my roots. I thought once I accepted the job and landed in my new home, that winter was over. But it had just begun. In a winter season when you can’t see growth with your physical eyes you begin to wonder if you’ve done anything productive.  But then you realize that transition is about baby steps, you stopped striving,  but there are more baby steps to take. There is still much work to do, new habits to create and establish. Your thirst is at an all time high and all you want is water. I believe when we take some really big steps on the journey, we believe that we have arrived, I know that I did. Ha!  God fixed that quickly and shed light on me. 

I made a decision before I ever moved that I was done not being me. I didn’t really know who I was, but I was ready to find out with God. I was done pretending with God, playing pattycake. I know that sounds shocking, but it can happen, when you are no longer taking responsibility for who you are, and find an excuse for everything that goes wrong or feels wrong in your life. When you realize you are at that place you make a choice to stop pretending with God and embrace all that transition is revealing to you. This was my opportunity to get honest with myself and God. It is a daily choice, to be honest with yourself and God. 

Some of the ways we can get honest with ourself and God is by digging deeper into his word, one scripture at a time.  It is all part of taking one more baby step down the road, knowing that you are making God smile. We all want the new thing, but we must embrace all that comes with the promise of the new thing. It's going to be beautiful. 

Stop dwelling on the past. Don’t even remember those former things. I am doing something brand new, something unheard of. Even now it sprouts and grows and matures. Don’t you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and open up flowing streams in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 TPT