God goes before

It wasn't so very long ago that God began some big changes in our daily lives, one of which was my husband's change of jobs to our down-the-street school district. We loved the extra hours in the day since his commute had lessened, and once our kids were attending there also it build a common bond between them. In these past couple months we've discovered another unexpected blessing.

When we first moved here with a newborn, God had led us to the church that would become our spiritual home. It hadn't been on our list - one of those crazy sets of circumstances one day led us there, and we just knew. In our eight years there our faith and friendships grew. Because God's hand had so clearly been behind it, we always took the stance that we would be there unless or until God was calling us elsewhere. This past fall, that time came, somewhat unexpectedly, and like before, God used a somewhat unrelated situation to convey the message.

This being called out of something that is comfortable and familiar and into unknown waters is never easy, even though we've gotten some practice in it. We wanted to leave well, to give ourselves time to grieve what we were leaving, and allow God to direct our going forward. What started as a casual visit to a sister's church soon started to unfold as our new landing place. And that unexpected blessing? While I know very few people here, my husband recognized many, many coworkers from that very first Sunday and a few of his current students. We had no idea so many of them were members of this church, but yet again, it seems that God has gone before us paving a way.

Who knows what the Lord is paving the way for next!