I'm writing this post over Texas. Yes, I'm on an US Airways flight heading for Orlando. Blogging is my way of reflecting--by my lack of posts this year, it doesn't seem like I've done much reflecting. The pleasure of flying (when all goes right) is it gives me the chance to think. I could be writing this looking out the plane window. (Somehow looking out the windows, whether in cars, or buses, or planes makes me sweetly melancholy--if there is such a thing.) However, I was requested to switch seats, so I'm on the aisle seat instead. Still, the calm of this flight, the conversations that aren't quite audible, the noise of the plane, most of the blinds pulled down all put me in a reflective mood.
When I was home, my mom asked me to go through a box of my stuff that I had somehow missed in previous purges. The anachronistic assortment of memorabilia was a gift to remind of the good in my life: there was a miniature Eiffel tower from a Paris trip in 1999, a blanket from Thailand, a card from one of my college roommates, an obsidian arrowhead found while hiking alone down a riverbed, a painting from a high school art class, notes from an interview for a graduate school journalism class, and many other things.
The one thing that caught my attention the most was a calendar from 2009. On it were meetings to attend, get-togethers with friends, and travel dates. What stood out to me the most were all the "resume due by" dates. These where the schools I had applied to work at, cities I could have lived in--then the most important date (for my life now) was a day in October to "fly to Orlando".
Looking at all those dates, I am just reminded how grateful I am for how God leads my life. When I was filling out those resumes and looking for work, I couldn't see more than a couple of feet ahead. I wasn't even sure I would find a job. It's good for me now to look back and see how far I've come.
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It truly is amazing to be able to look back and see how God has shaped and guided our paths! I remember coming back from Thailand not sure where God wanted me - I knew I eventually wanted to be back in the mission field, but I didn't want to do it alone. So, he put me in a place where I eventually met my husband, a man who also has a heart for travel and missions, and now we're on the brink of heading back overseas to serve Him! (We're still keeping that info on the low-down, but I didn't figure many people in my circle will come across it here.)
Anyways, yes - God leads us where we want to go before we know that's what we even want or where we need to be!! How incredible!! :D
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