The Country Isn’t Really My Thing

God told me to go to Gainesville and so I did (quite honestly, rather reluctantly), and now that I’ve been here how do I actually feel about it?

When driving here from North Carolina a few weeks ago I felt good until I arrived into this strange little town I now call home. I suddenly realized that all around me were farmlands, barns and cows and for those of you who know me know that the ‘country’ is not really my thing.

I had a moment where I didn’t understand what I was doing with my life and felt as if I was making a huge mistake. I left a credible, prestigious job and a lot of friends in Raleigh all for what? Farmlands? This doesn’t make any sense! What has my life come to?!

Well, God doesn’t like to make a lot of sense to us at times and I had to just trust Him with this. I arrived at my new house and there is no way other than to explain it than an overwhelming peace came over me immediately and I knew I was in the right place.

You know when something is just right but you can’t explain it? You just know because you know because you know?

That’s how I feel about being in this place!

I can’t explain how I know it’s right for me, heck, with the classes I’m taking and such I feel like I’m back in college some of the time; and after being in a professional job for six years it would almost feel like a step back, but that’s not the case.

Instead, I know I’m taking leaps and bounds forward.

Since being here I have made new friends and met a lot of people who all have the same mission I do: to share Christ with the World and to empower others to do the same.

So take a leap of faith! Walk into the unknown; do something crazy! You never know what God will do with your obedience to Him. He might just surprise you with something greater than you could have ever thought or imagined.