WHEN LIFE IS UNCERTAIN

WITH MATT GRADUATING COLLEGE AND MOVING AWAY TO FOLLOW GOD'S CALLING AND SARAH GETTING MARRIED AND MOVING AWAY TO START HER NEW LIFE AS A MARRIED YOUNG WOMAN, I AM QUICKLY COMING TO A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE AS A MOTHER. I NO LONGER WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SARAH EVERY MORNING BEFORE SHE HEADS OFF TO WORK AND AGAIN AFTER HER DAY IS DONE. OR GET TO KISS HER GOOD NIGHT BEFORE SHE TURNS IN FOR THE NIGHT. AND EVEN THOUGH MATT HAS BEEN MARRIED AND ON HIS OWN FOR TWO YEARS, HE STILL WOULD JUST POP IN AND SAY HI OFTEN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. I KNOW THAT THOSE DAYS ARE COMING TO AN END SOON TOO. AS A MOTHER I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE THERE FOR MY CHILDREN AND HELP THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT THERE ARE SITUATIONS IN THEIR LIVES RIGHT NOW THAT I CANNOT "HELP" THEM WITH. AND THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF THIS "NEW CHAPTER". I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE FACT THAT MATT HAS NO FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT EVEN THOUGH HE IS FOLLOWING GOD'S CALLING TO BE THE YOUTH DIRECTOR AT A NEW CHURCH THAT CANNOT FINANCIALLY SUPPORT A YOUTH PASTOR YET. I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT FACT THAT SARAH WILL BE LIVING IN A HUGE CITY (DOWNTOWN CHICAGO!) AND THAT I WON'T KNOW IF SHE IS SAFE AS SHE WALKS ALONG THE STREETS. BUT IN ALL OF THIS UNCERTAINTY, GOD GAVE ME ENCOURAGEMENT THIS MORNING IN MY QUIET TIME. THERE WAS THIS QUOTE IN MY DEVOTIONS:

"WHEN I CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING AROUND ME, EVERYTHING AROUND ME SEEMS TO BE A REMINDER OF JUST HOW IN CONTROL GOD IS"

PSALM 19:1-2 REMINDS ME THAT WHEN I FEEL "OUT OF CONTROL" I JUST NEED TO LOOK AROUND AND KNOW THAT GOD IS DEFINITELY IN CONTROL OF CREATION AS ALL OF THE NEW LIFE OF SPRING IS SHOWING ITSELF. AND HE IS JUST AS "IN CONTROL" OF MATT AND SARAH'S LIVES!