Transition - April Reflections Part 1

In April, I took a close look at all the transitions in my life over the past 14 years with YWAM. In the next five posts I will break into sections what God was showing me that week.

Transition - YWAM is synonymous with change and for me that means leaving any sense of belonging behind in a cloud of dust. By the time I finally sense that I belong there is another transition and the cycle begins once again. Even more likely is that there are many transitions in progress and I’m at a different stage in each of them. Fourteen years later and I still am transitioning, and changing.

So since my core need is belonging, why would God put me in a place like YWAM that would continually be stretching me beyond that need? Why? God has put me in places and circumstances that I never would have chosen for myself. Has it been difficult? Yes, more times than I’d like to admit. Has He met me? Each and every time!

Looking back at Kona and Montana the word I thought of was ‘seasons’ and that triggered an idea of an analogy. I’ll also back track just a bit, into pre-YWAM days in Arizona, to preface this.

A long time ago, I learned to stop fighting God in the hard places. To press in, take hold of, shine the light on and go along for the ride of a lifetime. You see, God has my best in mind. Do I always remember to practice this . . . no way! I still drag my feet and whine many times. Oh that I could be as Paul and rejoice in all that comes my direction.

Once I arrive in a location, it takes a word from God to move me on. I like to settle in - to nest. Both in Kona and Montana I had no intention of leaving, until God said go. God doesn’t direct me to the easy places. Oh how sometimes I wish he would just give me a break and send me to “the perfect place”. But then how would I grow without all the desert experiences. So whether it’s in the desert literally, or beside an ocean or up in the mountains, God uses each “desert” experience to mold me into his image.