Opportunities and the Journey

Well today's word, quote and verse seem to be hitting exactly how I am feeling.  Amazing how God works, isn't it? 


OPPORTUNITIES

I received an email today from another school in the KC area.  Another teaching opportunity that I am really excited about.  At first I was a little bit worried, all of these jobs in the KC area.  I am not sure that I ever really was prepared for that area of Missouri to be home, but I am actually getting more excited about it.  I have family there that I haven't really been able to connect with since I was young.  Maybe this is the time to really be able to break down the walls that I feel have been put up.  Maybe this is the opportunity to look past my own selfishness and do something different.  I am not putting all my eggs in one basket.  After all I am probably up against at least 20-50 other applicants for a couple of positions.  Who knows if this is the right one.  Meanwhile I am excited about the opportunities that are to come.  And if this is the right job for me...well then I am excited to begin this journey. 


"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."  -Lao Tzu

When I looked at this quote after reading the word of the day, I just smiled. These two things go together so perfectly.  An opportunity and a journey.  I feel like I have been on a very long journey.  One of self-discovery, a little bit of selfishness, and love.  Not truly understanding where I was meant to fit into the world.  I don't know that I have all the answers, but I know that I am content with the next step that I take.  I am content with moving back to the U.S. and settling down.  I am content with being able to start a life, and hopefully one day a family.  So for now, I will take it one day at a time.  I will live moment to moment hopeful of what is to come. 


"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

How true is this?  So very true, although sometimes I don't know what it means that Jesus Christ is the same.  I don't really have anything in my life to compare it to.  On a daily basis I am bombarded with co-workers and students that are emotional, they are up one minute and down the next.  We all know its true, because we feel it in our own lives.  Okay maybe not to that extreme, but we still all have ups and downs.  What does it mean that Jesus is the exact same everyday?  I think about my relationships with other people, and I think that even the people I trust the most, well we still have good days and bad.  We still have moments of misunderstanding and miscommunication.  Jesus is the same though.  He doesn't have mood swings, he doesn't suffer from PMS...or whatever the male version of PMS is.  He doesn't curse because he forgot to thaw the meat for dinner.  He is the exact same, so what does that mean for me?  It should mean that I can trust Him.  That is what it should mean, but does it?  Do I really live like I trust Him everyday, every second of the day?  Do I really live my life like He is the same?  Maybe something to think about!