I find myself in a new place. This is nothing new to me. I have been moving my entire life. I actually LOVE change. I love new. So, why is this new so hard? Seasons in life are just so different. It comes down to two main things right now I think.
1. I have never been a mom of three little girls & expecting #4 during a move--that is hard! I have no choice but to be a mommy right now--no more running off to have lunch with somebody without some serious planning. No more running errands just for fun:) No more doing four different ministries at church & having more of an opportunity to meet potential friends.
2. Every time I move I learn something new about myself--in Tullahoma, I learned that I really am a bit particular about my friends. I LOVE my friends dearly once we are friends, but that process is quite painstaking. It involves me over time finding women I can trust with anything & then feeling the freedom to be me, messed up me. It's hard to find that sometimes.
But, I have also learned during this move how sweet that friendship can be in the end. I know it will happen here in Wisconsin. I know I will find other women who want to pursue Jesus with all that they are, who want to love their husbands & children well, who want to change the world with the message of the gospel. Until that time, I WILL spend time investing even more in my marriage & my girls! I will try to love my friends well from a distance. I will seek God trying to learn more about who He is & what He desires for me.
I am lonely some days, but I am thrilled about the journey I am on...
O Beth- it is hard as a mommy to transition to newness for everyone's account. But you're right to know there ARE other women up there just like you and with newness to offer as well- hang in there!
Glad to know I'm not alone in the " quite painstaking" friendmaking department:)
Posted by: Maggie Hall | 06 April 2012 at 12:06 PM
I am so very thankful for your friendship. You challenge me and yet allow me to be myself and love me anyway. I pray that God will surround you with wonderful friends there, and in the mean time, I pray that each and every day you will know how much you are loved from afar. Jennifer
Posted by: A Facebook User | 05 April 2012 at 03:18 PM
Thanks, friend! I still consider that particular group a definite marker in my spiritual journey--the relationships, what God taught me, and how it has encouraged me since. 2 Chronicles 16:9--remember it?!?!?
Posted by: Beth Webb | 29 March 2012 at 11:35 AM
I love you friend! I pray God surrounds you with a fabulous group of women in Wisconsin--He is so faithful and is only good to us! I'm so thankful God put you in my life and in my Insight group at Auburn! --Amanda
Posted by: A Facebook User | 29 March 2012 at 09:48 AM