I hate change!!!!

This has been a year of change on every level - vocationally, personally, familially and ecclesiastically.

The thing about transition is, that it is painful. It is that transient time between conflict and resolution, that point of no-return, that time when it seems we are caught in a vortex, and being drawn inexorably to some conclusion or other. God does not leave us in that time. He allows us to experience the pain, the confusion, the sense of doubt, that He may work something of Himself into our hearts. He allows us to undergo turmoil for our greater good. If we let Him do the deep work in us, oh, how beautiful the fragrance of Him that exudes from our spirits.

The thing is, if we resist, as I SO want to do, we will just come round the mountain again, some other way, through some other circumstance. He desires to do a good work in us to completion, and He cares more about the outcome than the process, though He bore our pain, carried our sorrows on the Cross. I believe He grieves when we are grieving, but He can see the manifest blessing, the splendid work that is done in our hearts through the journey of pain.