Are you familiar with the Land of In-Between? I've been traveling there recently, and I thought I would try and describe it to you, friend. You find yourself upright yet oddly suspended mid-air. It isn't that you can't move, but each gesture or shifting is more nuanced than fluid, making all movements impossibly unhurried and prolonged. You aren't fearful necessarily, but it does seem to require a new mindset to adjust to your new normal. While practically there appear to be obstacles, your mind remains at warp speed, at least the contrast is great between the capabilities of the internal software and the external hardware. Despite this realization, you make every effort to will your body to move, but all striving is indeed in vain. In the Land of The-Before, you had done your part; you had been faithful to do what He asked, but this new place is one of stillness and waiting, when it dawns on you that your mind is not the friend you thought it might be. You cannot be trusted because your Road Runner mind has already entered the Land of The-After where the transition is complete which does nothing to help your present circumstances. So how do you survive this strange environment? Is firm footing even possible in In-Between? Yes, of this God has convinced me so. The secret is not in looking ahead, it is in looking beyond to the Land of Soon. There you will find certainty. The Land of The-After cannot offer me any kind of specific answers, but the glorious Land of Soon? Oh, I know all kinds of things about that place. I know what I'll be doing: serving, glorifying, praising, following, and loving the King. I know when I'll be there: when He says so in accordance with His perfect plan. I know how I'll be there: by the blood of Jesus Christ ALONE. I know what my attitude will be there: inexpressibly joyful and at peace, for finally I will be complete. And the best part about it all is that I know WHO I'll be with: my Majestic Friend, Emmanuel, who has been with me in whatever Land my foot has trod! Oh praise His Faithful Name! So, while I am so tempted to sprint to the Land of The-After, forgetting that I am completely inept to manipulate time and space, my mind must remain in the Land of Soon if I have any hope of surviving the Land of In-Between. The gravitational effect of Truth then has its way with me, and stability is restored.
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Paigeeeee
3/7/2016 03:48:14 pm
Beautiful, I love it!!!!
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3/9/2016 08:34:18 pm
Brittany is our intern and we are moving so our life spun her life into the land of "in between" -- she has captured transition so well-- and her advice to look to Jesus and our final home of heaven is a wise one. By keeping our eyes on Jesus, our footing can be sure even in the transition:)
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