Thoughts...

I'm restless today.... it's aggravating.

I'm trying to rest on His Promises. On His Word. On His Truth... I know His timing is always perfect. Always.

At all times, He is Faithful.
At all times, He is all Knowing.
At all times, He is guiding.
At all times, He is perfect.
At all times, He is Sovereign.

I need to follow.
I need to trust.
I need to...

I need to cling to my King.

This year has been a blessing. A year of recovery in so many ways from what had been a crazy few years... A year of calm, of constant after a few years of instability in everything I had considered to be stable.

And I learned...
He is the only Stability.
He is the only Constant.
He is my rock... He is the Rock of the Ages.

And now... Now I feel like I know where He is leading. Somewhere a world away from where I thought He would, but this feeling... It's impossible to shake. You know that feeling where everything just fits? Where you feel like you're walking hand in hand and step-in-step with the Lord? And you can't explain it, it doesn't even really make complete sense to you, but you just know what He wants for you?

That's where I am...

And it's beautiful, and wonderful, and such a huge and amazing blessing and place to be, but now I'm anxious to move forward. To take the next step on the path.

But, I know everything in His time.
In His perfect, beautiful timing.

And in the meantime... in this time... I'll wait and walk in His Promises.

Firenze

I'm about to get ready to go to a soccer game, but thought I should drop a quick note to say I'm back from my short-term mission! Italy was beyond incredible (the people in ministry there are indescribably great people and I wish I had a chance to get to know them better). We had a lot of incredibly great moments (VBS, campus outreach, and some great conversations...), and a lot of incredibly frustating moments (airplane delays, train strikes and hotel mishaps!), but the mission was fabulous, and as always, the Lord stands Great.

More on everything later though! If the Lord ever opens the door, I can't wait to go back and be a part of what the Lord is doing there!

~ Arriverderche for now! :)