The Winds of Change

~May you see what you see through different eyes, may you hear with different ears, may you taste what you have never tasted and go further than yourself~ (Maasai saying)

Well it's been almost three months that I have been home from college. It's been an interesting two months! It's weird being home because things are so different, yet they are the same. I'm not sure that makes sense, but what I mean is that everything and everyone seems to be the same as when I left, but something has changed. I know that things in my little home town have changed significantly in the past year; people have grown, new stores have sprung up, time has taken it's toll on my surrounding, but what I really noticed is that I have changed significantly during this past year. Over these last few weeks of pondering I have realized that the major change that has taken place has been in me. I have been seeing my life through different eyes.I have stepped out of my comfort zone these past few months and I see this as a good thing. I have been placed back into some situations that I have encountered before, but I have been facing them differently, taking them on in a better way. There are things that are new to me this summer and I feel that things would have turned out differently if I had encountered them just one year ago. It just astounds me.All in all it has been quite the year of growth for me. Not all of it has been pretty in fact there have been some pretty tough times. But I trudged on down the path that the Lord had laid for me. I may have drifted off a bit at times, but I know in my heart that I am at a place in my life where God wants me to be. I am in no way finished my little expedition of growing up and I look forward to not just my destination, but the journey.As I grow I hope that I am able to see not only my world but also myself clearer through these new eyes that God is giving me.