Lessons

The last few days of being back in East Texas have been bitter-sweet for me. I’m glad to be back ‘home,’ I love being around my friends and my adoptive ‘families.’ And being in a familiar and comfortable place brings peace to my soul.

It’s funny though, how God can use different circumstances to place us back to where we were.

Usually, when we come back to a lesson in life that we’ve already gone through there’s two reasons why we’re coming back. 1) We didn’t learn the lesson fully or correctly and we need to relearn the lesson to gain what we need. Or 2) We’ve learned the lesson fully, but we need to come back to remind ourselves of where we’ve come from.

This past week, with circumstances out of my control, I found myself back in the place I was over a year ago. I was in East Texas, all my belongings in Thomas, and for a brief moment I had nowhere to stay. And for that brief moment, I found God very humorous for placing me back to where I found myself a few times a couple of years ago. And as always, God gave me another place to rest and stay.

In that brief moment, I found peace and comfort. Because I knew the Lord would provide and not leave me without a place to stay. I knew He would protect me.

I don’t know the reason or purpose of why God allowed this lesson back into my life. And I don’t know if I passed or failed. But I do know two things: 1) God loves me and 2) He likes teasing me and playing games with my housing.