Transitions

Over the last several weeks of our community group at church, different people have been sharing about where they are in life and what God has been teaching them. Our group is going through a lot of transitions as many people are leaving to go with the new East Atlanta church plant and others have graduated from school and are moving on to other cities. We were able to host the group this past Wednesday and shared about us as well. I thought it would be fun to post some of what I talked about on here, enjoy!

This whole last year has felt like a transition:

- I started at a new job doing things I had not worked on in a long time. I came into a department that hadn’t had any new people in over 5 years. It has been difficult fitting in and finding my place here, but I’m glad I made the transition.

- We were feeling unsettled at church after being members there for over 7 years. We did not want to hop around churches, but felt called to leave. We were comfortable there and I think God was calling us out of our comfort zone. I’ve never changed churches in the same city before; it was usually when moving to another place. It was a hard decision to leave our group of friends and, in a sense, start out all over again. I really didn’t think it would be this difficult to feel a part of the community and body of the church. We are trying to balance keeping up with people we’ve shared our lives with for years and desiring to begin sharing with those at All Souls, but it has definitely been a struggle. I am very excited to be at All Souls, even if at times it is uncomfortable and stretches me.

- In December, we moved to Tucker. We loved living in Decatur, within walking distance to the square. Our lease was up and we really needed to move. We desired a house with 3 bedrooms and weren’t able to find that in Decatur for what we wanted to pay. We know eventually we’d like to buy a house, so it made sense to look to move now into an area we might consider buying in. Tucker is closer to both of our offices and we could get more space. I’ve really enjoyed living out here and thankful for friends who are willing to make the trek out here every once and a while.

- God has richly blessed us with becoming pregnant with our baby Girl coming in October. We are so excited to be on this journey and eagerly anticipate her arrival. There will be many changes and we aren’t even sure what it will look like, but we trust that God will provide. It was exciting when we opened the envelope that had what we were having written in it. We were able to talk about all the exciting things that come along with having a girl (and the ones that make us nervous!). It has been so incredible to see the sonograms and to read about what is happening each week and how God is forming her even now. The fact that she can probably hear us now is just incredible, also that we could see her hands and fingers so early on amazes me. It reminds me of the passage in Psalm 139 (Psalm 139:13-16) about being fearfully and wonderfully made and known by God.

I think in all of this that God is teaching me to rest in Him and trust that He will provide.

He provided:

• A new job in the same company when work was unbearable
• A new home that was big enough for a family at just the right time
• All Souls when we were feeling unsettled at church
• The blessing of our daughter as we prayed for a family

I’ve been reminded this year of God’s love for me, in spite of my wavering devotion, my lack of faith at times, and the busyness that I create and fill my life with that distracts me from Him so often.