For everything there is a season..

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Isaiah 43:2

So, I haven't updated my blog in a while, and thought that this would be the perfect time to do so. A lot has happened, and I feel as if God has been teaching me a lot in the last month. From having more patience, to my parents moving 1,500 miles away, I have had a lot of change in my life.

As many of you know, my parents have wanted to make a move to Arizona for a long time now. Well, they finally made their dreams a reality in the recent weeks.  In the middle to end of May, my parents sold their business, and decided to pack everything up and move to Arizona. I did not think it would go as fast as it did, however, but within the next month, my parents had sold their business, and just this last Sunday, they headed on their journey south. I stayed behind because in September, I plan on heading off to YWAM in Montana, and it just wouldn't worked out for me to move for only a couple months. It has been one hard transition, and I feel like it still isn't complete for me, but I'm getting there.

It's been a pretty rough transitioning from living with my parents, to not having them here. I've had to do things I've never done before, and it has just left me thinking, "When did I grow up? How did this all happen so fast?" I know that God has a plan, and everything will work out for my good, but right now I just feel so overwhelmed by the emotions, and things I have to do. And this is where God has gotten me the most. Put down the lists, put down the emotions. Lay them all at the cross. That is what I keep hearing in my head. That's what I keep feeling God is trying to teach me on a daily basis. I have had to constantly be in the mind set of, His will will be done, and to just relax in His presence and let Him work out the details.

I was listening to a sermon on Elevation Church app, as I always do in the mornings, and Pastor Steven was talking about this in the one I listened to this morning and it hit right at home. We all pay to be apart of something. Whether that be a club, or membership, we pay. We can pay in time, energy, or even money. If we want it, we will pay for it. God wanted us, so He paid the price for us by sending His son to die. So, if He did this, why would He just abandon us now? He wouldn't. If you paid for something, wouldn't you go to that place, or use that item? OF COURSE you would! So this is kinda what God has been teaching me. That He hasn't abandon me, that He paid the initial price for me, and will continue to do so until the work He has for me here is finished. He will never leave me. He is always right beside me.

As I get ready for YWAM, and prepare for a basically whole new life, I know I will have challenges, but I know that if I am just patient to wait on God, and His timing, everything will work out, and it totally has already! He is definitely providing for my needs for YWAM, and even daily life, and I am ever so grateful! He is so good to us. :)