When we are younger, we outgrow our clothes so quickly. To our parents it probably seems like every winter I had outgrown my winter coat. As we are growing up our old coats become too small and it is time to buy a new, bigger coat. Although sometimes that new coat seemed too big at the time, I always managed to grow into it overtime. So, even though I am not really growing physically anymore, I am still growing into the person that God wants me to be.
The last few years a lot I grew a lot in college and with different challenges in my life. After a while, that new “coat” that I had been given at the beginning of college started to become a little snug; I was becoming comfortable. Life was great, I had a job, amazing family and friends all around me, but I was ready for a new challenge. Well this trip that I am on right now fell on my heart and I knew it was something I was called to do. Now being a week into our stay in Costa Rica, I have realized that I was given a really big coat and its hard not knowing that I am not in my comfort zone anymore. I am choosing to take this new coat and embrace the growth that will happen. Even though chapters like this can be scary and challenging, can look at it as a blessing. It puts our trust in God when we don’t know how this next chapter in our lives is going to be. When we are comfortable and wearing a coat that fits just right, we don’t have any room to grow. We grow the most when we have a coat that’s way too big. Along with that, we can find comfort in knowing that God never gives us more than we can handle. 🙂
