I am Glad Someone Moved My Cheese

Ever read the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" ? If you haven't, I recommend it. It is a self-help sort of book in dealing with change for those of us who resist it. And to some extent we ALL resist change.
Ever feel cabin fever?! Coming from a small town I couldn't wait to get out and go to bigger things, and I did.... and now... I am feeling the itch again. I think I have always felt it.... with my love for New York never going away... I also think it would be pretty awesome to live in Nashville! Things are booming there, alot of businesses are leaving California due to the high taxes, and going elsewhere.

But I was thinking about it today.... where I feel stuck... or rather I am ready for some kind of change from the norm. I am currently applying to Graduate School and going through the process of getting recommendations, transcripts, and putting together my Statement of Purpose... and I really see how much I am itching for live movement. For change. Wanting to have a good, productive, and successful life. It is not all about the money, don't get me wrong... it is a need to survive and maintain some, if not most of the responsibilities we take on... and I realize this venture only furthers the thing I hate most-- debt. a $20,000 MBA program through a great Christian University is well worth the risk right? In order to be more marketable, knowledgeable, to make more money (to pay back debt faster really). But what happens when school is done in a year from the start date, and the itch comes back.... where do I go? Where would you go? Is this one of those things where God is tapping me on the shoulder saying "I want you to go somewhere, be open, and see where you are led". I mean I am no southern fan! It is too hot, their weather is NUTS, and well-- maybe I am considering the south stigma it has. So, here I am looking... being open to jobs and places in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Seattle (even though there are tons of liberals up there and it rains ALL. THE. TIME), Nashville, Memphis, New York City, Connecticut, S. Carolina... places that are prime for a job before I even peer into.... Texas. Other places are booming... but am I ready to move with the boom.

Now... deeper....

What do you do when you are so open for life? Where it leads next? Are you fearful? Excited? Do you trust God that if he opened the doors, and laid the desire on your heart... that it is going to bring you closer to him? Or you may learn something? Or that it is truly the best for you? Or do we fight it? Do we suspect danger instead of blessings? Or do we go to the other extreme and dive in head first with no helmet, and hopefully we don't hit hard.

If your desires are to have a family one day, own a home, not struggle with money... like mine are... I realize.. California will barely give it to me unless I rent the rest of my life.... and being out of debt will be a dream, not a reality (and I mean in Student Loanville!). Some places God takes us is not for the long haul, but we treat it as such. We don't live in the moment, which is all we are guaranteed. So we should do just that-- follow the itches, or the inklings, or the pulls we have and see if it is God on the other side doing the pulling, or his orchestration in someway. Cause, I believe God may not necessarily care where you live... he can use you anywhere if you allow... but  he also doesn't want you in places that lead you away from him, or may not give you the things he wants you to have.

So if you are itching, feeling crowded.... take a risk. take a chance. If you know Jesus as your Savior... you have already made the hardest and BEST decision of your life. So the other ones.... are trivial in comparison.... and you don't have anything to lose in risk because God is right there to soften the blow.  Go for it. Dream big. Give it to God. If you have a passion-- follow it.... but you may be following it to a destination you didn't plan, but the best one yet.

I am itching... I am feeling claustrophobic... I am ready for movement... for change....  are you? And do you trust God to be there while you do it?!