You can run, but you can't hide.

Today I went running (this is not normal..lol..pray for my consistency).. anyway, I was thinking about a lesson I heard this morning with a point about being comfortable (you can see how running inspired this reflection)...then a light bulb went off in my head.. God will never put me in a position of comfort because it results in complacency.  

Life has absolutely been an uncomfortable adventure thus far.

I was thinking about all the different places I've had the opportunity to live, and I can't think of one place where I would have chosen to live with comfort being the priority on my mind. I have been forced to grow and stretch in areas I didn't even realize I had issues with. 

I remember growing up, my parents chose to move our family from Arizona to Michigan and then to Oklahoma. I remember these being the most uncomfortable changes I had ever felt. New friends, new cultures, new everything. Arizona was my first comfort zone and I had dreamt of the day I'd return-- Then when I returned after high school I realized that I, myself, had changed through the discomfort.

When I became a disciple everything about me was called to change--it was uncomfortable, unusual. Being in small groups forced me to learn to be a giving person (still learning, of coarse). Living in multiple households exposed my selfishness and my sin up close and personal ;). Leading small groups exposes my faithlessness and shows me areas where I do not rely on God. 

And now, here I am in Sweden thinking....yep another uncomfortable opportunity to grow :)

It's interesting to see God's sovereignty in my life and also in everyone around me.

something that I've felt the most uncomfortable about is that I never know where my next step will be..I never know the plan and the exact details of what will happen.. patience is uncomfortable. waiting is uncomfortable. trusting is uncomfortable...but it's always worth it.

I am always excited about transitions, another move, another change--now I'm seeing more than ever that where ever I go and whatever I do God is using it to help me to be uncomfortable (aka:faithful). He's allowing me to be exposed, laid bare, and transformed. to grow and be more like Him.

It's easy to turn away and decided to 'run' from God's plan of discomfort --shedding away the familiarity of sin...but then what? live a life of comfort, no growth, boredom resulting in a lame ending..

Comfort doesn't result in happiness.

wherever I run, wherever I go, discomfort eagerly awaits to make me new---welp, cheers to more uncomfortable times (this includes working out ;p )

Vi ses senare,

Ash