So much has transpired over the last few years that it seems impossible to articulate and explain the details in a clear manner. 

Relocating to a different state has been apart of my new normal as of lately. Leaving everything behind – literally – was the wake up call to knowing that nothing would ever be the same again.

I experienced so many emotions at once as my daughter and I boarded a train from Trenton, New Jersey (to Jacksonville, Florida) with the four small suitcases allowed by travel regulations. There was a level of excitement coupled with the fear of the unknown as I explored the necessity of securing work, housing, schooling, and a decent co-parenting relationship with my former husband.

Yet, God has been the consistent factor…

And He continues to teach me so many wonderful things amidst the ups and downs of my transition. 

#1 — I’m appreciating God’s “better words” when condemnation and shame threaten to creep in regarding so much I’d lost. 

“Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.” – Psalm 34:5

#2 — I’m fully accepting that God really does “see” my family as valuable in this phase of life — no matter how much loss we’ve experienced. 

The Lord talked to Hagar. She began to use a new name for God. She said to him, “You are ‘God Who Sees Me.’” She said this because she thought, “I see that even in this place God sees me and cares for me!” – Genesis 16:13

#3 — I recommit to the good works that God started in me. Things that I needed to temporarily lay down in order to heal and rest are now being brought back to life.

“Take again another scroll and write on it all the previous words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah burned.” – Jeremiah 36:28

And so I continue…

Relocation has yielded an adventure of a lifetime with God… And with Him as my way maker, guide, and redeemer of all things that are broken – I can consistently see that God’s plans for me are truly good…