Uncharted

Where He leads, I will follow.

The simple phrase I have sung so many times with my mother now makes more sense. I have been many places in life and now again I find myself flying back to Colorado in the morning for the next chapter. I have closed the undergraduate college chapters for uncharted territory.

At the time, I have gained a job as a Mountain Lab Instructor at the same facility that I worked at this summer. This pays until November 1st. I have little expectations of what lies ahead except that God is with me and will never leave me. This is the easiest departure to date except for, perhaps, freshman year --  four years ago.  This is due to God. He has shown me a lot about trust this last summer; trust in His character, His plans, His love. Also, I do not "bring God" with me... God is already at work there and all over the world. I am simply His hands, feet, or whatever else He calls me to be...
 Where He leads, I will follow. 

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Sometimes I truly do not understand God. I know I am not alone in this thought; the psalms proclaim and confess the mystery of God and King Solomon writes in Proverbs: We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps. Abraham and Sarah were wanting a child yet they had to trust in God because Issac did not com until late in their life. 

These last few weeks have been a roller-coaster ride without a doubt. God has been teaching me, and is teaching me, how to fight for justice with a gracious heart. There are 67 days until graduation and I find myself fighting for my license to teach. If you had asked me if I thought this would be the case at the beginning of the year, much less three weeks ago, I would have said no. There is so much I have to be grateful for, yet part of me wants to simply say, "OK God; I'm done. What now?" Yet... There is a part of me that is trusting in God and trying to allow the Holy Spirit to provide me strength.

This chorus and verse come to mind when I get discouraged:

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see. 

All I hath needed Thy hand hath provided; 

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth

Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;

Strength for today ad bright hope for tomorrow. 

Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside.