Living In Between

by | May 20, 2014 | Uncategorized

Living in BetweenThe Opalewski family is in the middle of moving to a different house for the second time in nine months. Bring on the boxes… the planning… the long hours painting and cleaning… the overall disruption that moving your home inflicts on you.

Moving can be stressful… you’re making plans for and doing work on the new place… but you’re still living at and maintaining the current place. You’re ready (at least in your own mind) to move on to what’s next… but your feet are still planted in what is. You experience the tension of in-between.

In-between can be one of the most uncomfortable places on earth:

– In-between your current job and the new assignment on the horizon.
– In-between the person you are now and the person you hope/desire to become.
– In-between your singleness and the prospect of marriage.
– In-between life here on a fallen planet and the promise of a perfect life in heaven.

What happens inside of us during those in-between times is all-important. In-between stages are usually character-shaping points in time. Patience is developed (hopefully). We learn to be thankful for what’s good in our life right now (hopefully). We work on the laundry list of tasks that need to get done before we’re ready for the next phase of our life (hopefully). We discover (hopefully) that God wants to use the in-between moments to prepare us for what’s next. And we realize that His timetable often conflicts with ours (guaranteed).
The way we respond during the in-between times of life often determines how far we’ll go when the new stage finally arrives. So when you’re in-between… be patient… thankful… teachable… diligent… and hopeful. Your current in-between is not the final chapter of your story.

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