So it's been almost a month since I've put anything up here, and there isn't an excuse waiting, the truth is transitions are hard. They are lonely, overwhelming, exciting, what you've been waiting for, what you fear. That's a lot of emotions to handle, and so sometimes you just need a good cry. Seriously, even science says that sometimes the best thing you can do is cry to release the emotions and its cathartic, you'll feel better (after you get over the fact that you are crying and that you're eyes are puffy).
But even in these hard days, I'm reminded that Saul's transition wasn't easy and he had an encounter with the Lord. God literally stopped him in the middle of the road and spoke to him, spoke to him. He heard the Lords voice, and then he was blinded by God. He lost his sight, got it back, and then once he received the Holy Spirit and started preaching about God, people tried to kill him. Kill him to the point that he was lowered out of a town through a hole in the wall! And even once he got through all of that the disciples were afraid of him and had to be convinced to see him. Talk about a tough transition. It makes my Monday seem a little more manageable, though I'm sure Paul never experienced 8 hours of people talking at you.
But even in the disciples turning him away, Paul didn't give up. He continued to speak fearlessly and bodly in the name of the Lord. And that IS encouraging. If Paul, who was picked by God, and went through all of these crazy things, and kept going, I can too. I can make it through this transition with God. Because like I've seen before, God reveals his plan when its time, not when you want it.
In acts 10, Peter experiences this first hand. He didnt understand what his vision meant, he didnt know why he was associating with gentiles until God decided to make it clear. God doesn't show favoritism, anyone who calls on His name, who receives the Holy Spirit, and believes in Jesus - their sins, our sins, are forgiven. And I need to be reminded of that daily, sometimes hourly, that that I can call on God as nothing is too small to Him.
