If you have ever experienced life in New England, you know that between Winter and Spring, God slips in an extra Season. This is called Mud Season. It isn’t always pretty, and it often requires lots of cleaning. But we love it because in all its messiness, it is still beautiful. And we love it for the promise of what is to come.
Partway through training, the Lord decided that the July Squad was not going to be my race. As much of a shock as this may be to everyone reading this, it was a bigger shock to me! However, I am not abandoning the idea of the Race altogether. As of right now, I am joining the October Squad, and we’ll see if that fits in with God’s plan for me.
Our wonderful and gracious God is slipping a Mud Season into my life. When I left Ignition Training my plan was to return home, sell my house, and move back to Gainesville, GA to work in the AIM offices and also work part-time elsewhere in the community. This will be a big change in many many ways in my world.
The biggest hurdles to overcome with this plan were my parents. I didn’t know how they were going to react – to the idea of me switching to the October Race, and especially to me living in Georgia for the months prior.
Last Monday morning, as I was driving north through the Carolinas, I called my dad to tell him about selling my house. And his reaction was wonderful. He told me that if that is what I thought was the best plan, he would trust me. So – as of this Friday, my house is officially on the market. This was something that very hard for me to do, and there are those of you who I know were praying that this all would go smoothly for me. It worked.
The subject of putting off the Race and what I was going to do in the meantime was broached last Friday evening. Mother said something about my leaving in July and I followed with, “About that… leaving in July…” The whole conversation went amazingly well. They finally seem to understand where I am coming from, and why I am doing these things.
The house goes on the market tomorrow, and the yard sales begin as I attempt to divest myself of all the clutter I have accumulated in the last 28 years. With God as the the driving force behind this plan, Margie (my black lab) and I should be en route to Gainesville, GA by the end of May!
