The Beginning of Adventure - the end of the known

At this point in my life, I am quickly approaching the end of what is known to me - I will soon be leaving the campus that has been my home for the past three years in southwest Michigan as graduation is just around the corner.  I will most likely be leaving my part-time summer jobs which I have held for the past two years in favor of a full-time office job.  Once accepted to my grad program, I will be leaving the comfort of the Mid-West for the sunny shores of California (although I've never desired to venture that far west).  When I finally make it out to California, I will be leaving the safety of my nation as I travel oversees for two years, living in a community and a culture vastly different from my own.  I will be leaving my friends, my family, my home, my country, and everything that holds any form of comfort in my life.  The next six months hold a lot of change, transition, and challenge - they hold a lot of unknowns.

While this may be the end of the known, and sometimes a bit frightening, it's the beginning of adventure.  By leaving everything that is comforting and familiar, I am challenging myself to explore, to try something new, and become uncomfortable.  I've found over and over again, that it's only when I am truly experiencing the uncomfortable that I am stretched, matured, and learn more.  It's also the only time that I ever truly rely on the Lord.

Over the past year, I think that I've become too comfortable.  I've been too successful.  Life has become too familiar.  I've become lax in my motivation, my work, and my relationship with the Lord.  It's time for a change, it's time to become uncomfortable - it's time to begin an adventure.