Between Then and “Not Yet”

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Sometimes in life I am caught between then and not yet.  This has happened to me again recently.  It is almost a year ago since I retired from my nursing career, rather suddenly.  I had taken the summer off because I wasn’t feeling well and decided by September that I wasn’t going to return to work.  For the first number of months of my retirement, I was focusing on improving my health, and that still continues.  However, I soon started looking towards “what’s next”?  But then, “what’s next” turned into “not yet”.

I am slowly learning how to live in the “place between”.  A few days ago, when I was going to do my exercise routine in my living room, the above photo was the view that I saw.  I saw the trees and a peak of “my mountain” (just left of center). It’s a view that I appreciate, but that morning I felt like  God was reminding me of His presence. I wondered: How many times a day does He do that and I don’t pay attention?  How many opportunities to feel His nearness, presence and peace pass me by?

It’s awesome to know that in the “place between”, God says: I AM.  I am with you.  I will direct your steps, the places you will go and the people you will see today.   I am all you need.  In Matthew 11:30, Jesus says, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  I want to rejoice in “the easy” of going where He leads, of being His hands, eyes, ears and heart as He directs.  Can I learn to be better at this while I am in this “place between”?

And I just wanna be where you are..

I just wanna be near your heart..

There is nothing like your love~!

(Leeland Mooring)