The In Between

Transition.

It can be a hard place to be.

That in between place, full of uncertainty, where it sometimes feels like you are standing on shifting sand.

This is where I have been the last couple months. With my memoir Losing Lance complete and published as of July 7th and the next project still unknown I’ve struggled. Apparently I am more goal orientated than I realized and with nothing to “look forward” to I feel kind of lost.

Yet it is also the perfect place to practice what I preach…that everyday matters. That even in the ordinary meaning and beauty can be found. That it’s the little things that make a real difference. Yet somehow during this in between I have forgotten this.

I listened to a podcast recently by John and Lisa Bevere and in it they referred to transition as intermission. Now doesn’t that sound so much better? Anyone familiar with sports knows how necessary an intermission is. It is in the intermission you rest briefly and prepare for what is still ahead in the game. A regrouping so to speak.

Armed with that picture in mind this season of transition has become far easier. Like it has more purpose in it than it seemed to have before. And I can finally say I am enjoying it.

I don’t need to know what’s coming next, I just need to live today–this moment, with excellence because lets face it, no matter how ordinary today is I will never have this moment again. And some day I will likely look back and treasure it. Because I have discovered since losing Lance, it is the littlest, most ordinary moments that have made the fondest memories, the biggest impact. So why would I wish these days away for ones I perceive to have more value?

I won’t. Anymore. Until I forget again that is. I seem to do that a lot. Forget the lessons I’ve learned and need to relearn them all over again. I know I’m not alone in that, and all I can say is that I am grateful for a God who is patient with this girl!

Thank you John and Lisa Bevere for helping me see this season through new eyes.

And now to simply sit and rest while I listen to the perfect “in between” song. Feel free to pause a moment and enjoy it with me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DQobykZHMQ