all this time i have been allowing the "unknown" to cripple me, when really it should be giving me life and freedom.

today i ran into one of my friends moms.
we talked briefly, but she made the point to mention that at this stage in our lives its really good to have the chance to figure out what we really want. she said that there is nothing wrong with waiting, and that we have the rest of our lives to be too busy with stuff. she also slipped in there that its okay if i dont end up going to the czech, or if do. thats not really what matters, and either way things will work out.

its funny because right after i saw her i listened to this sermon about Moses.
(apparently i have been listening to a lot of really great sermons lately)
but anyways, it talked about how the isrealites were guided night and day, and were also given their food daily. how they didnt really know how long they were going to stay in a place, or when they were supposed to leave, but they trusted that God would let them know and didn't act out of step with that. they also didnt know how or when their provision would come, but they trusted that as well.

the sermon goes on to talk about how Moses spent his entire life preparing for and leading people to the promised land, but he was never allowed to set foot in it. about how there was even a direct path to where they were going, but how God lead them on a much longer, and probably much harder and windier way.

the point, basically, is that God never guarantees when, where or how He will do things.
all He promises is that He will be with us and guide us every step of the way.
and He will give us just what we need to know to make the next step.

its something everyone has probably heard before,
but for me this was truth spoken from the word of God.