The Journey

From June 27, 2021

Life is a journey. This journey has a lot of twists and turns, and ups and downs. You think you know what your life will be like, and suddenly, everything changes. We have had a lot of change in our lives: some of it was our doing, but most of it was not. We had one plan in mind, but things change. And so goes the journey…

I married a carpenter, but God called him into ministry. I never planned to leave my hometown, but we ended up living in several different places in the Northeast. We thought we would retire with Village Missions, but here we are ready to embark on a new adventure.

Mike has likened himself to Abraham in the Bible with a nomadic life. “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise.” (Hebrews 11:8-9)

Abraham left all that he knew, to go to a place he didn’t know, because God called him to. Little did Abram know what his life would hold in all of this! He traveled quite a bit to get to Canaan with a small layover in Haran. And even after being in Canaan awhile, he ended up in Egypt and back again. Even though he may have made some mistakes along the way, God’s hand was in all of it.

God has called us, and we are going. Thankfully, we have a fifth wheel, and we won’t have to dwell in tents! We don’t know exactly where this journey will take us, but we are trusting Him to lead us where He wants us to go. Because no matter what happens, we know God’s hand is in it all.

How has your journey been? Things turn out exactly as planned? Or have you found yourself changing course along the way? Rest assured, if you let God lead you, it will all work out as He has planned!

“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” Proverbs 19:21