I remember the feeling very vividly. . . I was on a fifteen passenger church van with some other teens for a Bible Quiz trip. There was wrestling and playing around involved (why weren't we buckled?!) and I fell to the floor, on my back, beneath the seats. It was overwhelming! I had to get up and quick! In the same van, on the same trip, the only thing that had changed was my perspective - and panic set in. What a miserable feeling to feel stuck in between those high van seats. What is it about the "in between" that makes us so nervous? In between jobs, in between projects, in between point A and point B. I know it's the questions and doubts: How long will it take? How bad will it be before I get there? From mountain top to mountain top - how deep does this valley go? Or from valley to valley, what obstacle will I have to climb? Can I hold out for that next thing? What if I never get there? ...
It's not a very glamorous life, as a pastor's wife and working mom to 3. Only Jesus can take the mundane and messy and give us back His GRACE.