resting in His will...

packing, packing, packing...

{look who's keeping me company while i pack}

i have spent the day packing, getting ready to move up to portland early wednesday morning. so many changes will be taking place and that can be very scary to think about. i am realizing how many things are out of my control and that i need to truely trust in God and His sovereignty AND, as a good friend reminded me, His goodness. there have been a few changes that i wasn't expecting or planned on but i'm learning to fully trust in God, knowing that He knew this was going to happen. nothing surprises Him. also, as i was reminded, He is good in everything He does. He not only has a plan, but a good plan for me and my life. i may not think that it is good at the time but i will know that He has a plan for me in whatever He puts in front of me. i will learn to take that time to grow in Him and allow Him to refine me and perfect me in Him. i am learning to take the knowledge of His soverignty and make it more than head knowledge; to make it heart knowledge. allow it to change the way i think and respond to the circumstances put in front of me. 
there is no better place to be than in God's will. even if it's hard, there is no better place.