As the days get longer and the nights seem to get short, the smell of summer fills the air. Seniors will graduate in a week; eighth graders will feel the freedom from middle school drama; sixth grade will move to a bigger and better school. Things seem to be going the way we want when all of the sudden….. BAM!!! I realize that I am moving in ONE DAY! Everything that I have ever known, loved, cherished, gotten used to, taken advantage of… gone.
I have spent the last 19 and a half years living my life in a city where the people are friendly, the crime is minimal, and almost everyone knows my name. Tomorrow, that all changes. I got a job at a bible camp, close to Canada. Excited? Yes. Scared? Yes. Sad? Yes. To leave everything I have ever known to go into the great unknown….. so bitter sweet.
The past few days has been filled with graduation open houses and trying to hang out with close friends one last time. In the moments, we have talked about how God has bigger and better things planned for our lives, and we need to take the initiatives and step out. Leap up. Jump over. And that is exactly what I am doing! The bad part about the move being so close, however… I haven't started packing yet. I did go through some clothes that I need to get washed so I can take along, but as far as getting everything put together goes, I've done NOTHING! "Procrastinators unite… tomorrow!" Story of my life.
Every opportunity that I have been given, I have jumped. I once got a fortune from a cookie that said "You will continue to take chances and be glad you did." Ever since, I have made it my goal to take a chance every day of my life. So here we go. From trying out for American Idol to moving to a new town for a new job to going on this amazing journey, The World Race. Yes. And God has big things planned. Sweet things. Radical things. Life changing things. And all we need to do is…. JUMP!!
