We make our plans, but God directs our path. Let Him be your journey’s guide.
(Picture by Lisa R.)

So my brother is hilarious. He is leaving for Buffalo in one week. He is worried about my mom and I, so he’s trying to get another person to live with us. Basically a renter to help with the portion of the rent he won’t be here for. The candidate? His coworker. She is Chinese and has the coolest personality ever. But this is not what my post is about. The past couple of days had been really emotional in my house. Nothing had changed, we weren’t mad at each other, but for some reason we have all been a little volatile. Today as his coworker came to look at her potential home, I realized why we have been so tense. We’re going to miss him and he is going to miss us. We have been trying  to live as though the inevitable was not going to happen, but in the back of our minds we knew it was quickly approaching, CHANGE. Unspoken words will often demonstrate themselves through actions. I have to laugh, because pretending something is not going to happen won’t stop it from happening, (especially since he moves next Friday).  But don’t we (humans) do that all the time? When something happens that’s opposite of our desire, we hide from it, ignore, and try to live as though it is not affecting us. This week I have seen first hand you can’t stop things that have to happen, just because you don’t want them to. Life is in constant flux, constant change and it is scary. However it is also beautiful. So next time change comes, let’s not run and hide. Instead let’s embrace and grow.

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). 

So what’s my plan of attack? Even if it is scary embrace change.