transitions.

there are always funny feelings that people get when they are faced with transitions. i honestly think that it is from not really having a guide, or a set of rules on how to deal with such things. excitement and peace seems to course through my veins every time that i've made a decision, but not without the same amount of anxiousness and nervousness. i get anxious because i'm ready for this new change, and chapter in my life, but i'm nervous on how people are going to react. i guess these feelings are normal and natural, but with the support of some amazing family and friends these decisions and transitions seem not to matter. i think that every decision and transition that i've ever made has been one that maybe during the first week was overwhelming, but getting used to a new schedule soothes and calms all these feelings.
it has definitely been a year of transition and i know it is not over. this summer i've had the opportunity to work with my district youth director. that means finishing the last minute planning for the two weeks of youth camp, getting those preparations ready, heading to camp, working with the youth alive missionary, and now the planning for the back to school event. while trying to transition back to home, trying to find a job, trying to transition into my internship and now transitioning into my job; its definitely been a year of learning to let go and be flexible. transition is all about being flexible, and how you are going to face those little details that are going to be thrown at you. the literal definition is: the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. 
transition and changing is what develops us into the people we are going to be. transition teaches us to let go and trust that everything is going to be okay. it teaches us about the trust we are supposed to have in God each and every day. transition although scary at times, is necessary in a healthy growth. yet again i am learning about such transitions. that excitement and peace is pulsing through me, but not without some heartfelt sadness. i will not be scared as i step out on the water because i've locked my eyes on the one who called me out. i know that as i transition that the words that worth dying for sings in risen from the grave is what my heart is feeling. they simply say: 

And I'll dance with You 'till my knees go weak
And I'll sing 'till I can't sing anymore
And I'll lift my hands 'till they fall asleep
Just to show You, Lord, You're the one I adore

Wonderful
My Healer
Giver of grace
Cuz You have risen from the grave
Faith's my sight
You're my might
Impossible is slain
Cuz You have risen from the grave

transitions...Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions and incorporations--Alan Dundes