On the Road Again

Well, my life as a vagabond continues. I realized the other day that in the past year, I have moved a total of 7 times, not including spending most of the summer in the Czech Republic last year. And, the traveling continues as I leave to head back to the Czech Republic exactly one week from today for almost 2 months. As with all circumstances in life, God has used my "unsettled" lifestyle to teach me a few lessons.
1)This world isn't my home and I'm never supposed to feel comfortable or settled here. Not having a set 'home' on earth has allowed me to long for my eternal home even more, to finally enter into that rest one day...for GOOD.
2) God's plan is perfect and He has a specific task for me in each of these places. Whether that means being faithful and doing my work well at a community college, or serving my parents as much as possible while I'm at home, my life is His and no matter where I'm at, He can use me if I am simply faithful with what He places before me.
3) God is faithful to prepare me for each new step before I even know that I am going to take that step. When I am faithful to Him at each step, He prepares me in His timing for what's next. The first year I returned from Czech, I struggled almost daily to be faithful here in America and to serve Him where I was at. I longed so much just to be back in Czech and it was so hard for me to take the daily small steps when I had huge steps in mind (namely steps that led me to the Czech Republic.) This year, He was so faithful to give me the grace every single day to find joy in serving Him right where He had me, to find opportunities to further the Kingdom right where I was at. I still had a heart for Czech and still longed to be there, but I knew that I wasn't there yet and there was much to be done here before I went there. As I sit here today, I am getting more and more excited to go back to Czech. I'm excited to see my brothers and sisters in Christ there, to see the people who are so close to finally surrendering their lives to Jesus, to eat Czech food and smell Czech smells, to be surrounded by people speaking a different language, to see God through the eyes of a new believer--and I have been excited for these things all year, but God has been so faithful to change my desires so that more than being in a place, I just long to be faithful--wherever that may be.

So, there you have it. As of today, I have no clue where I will be living when I return from the Czech Republic. But, I know the God who does and I trust Him and find my rest and home in Him. No matter where I'm at, I have but one purpose:

"Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ." -Philippians 1:27