Over a month ago, I stepped out of the world I knew into a world barely familiar to me. The only difference was that I was going to that world under the direction of My Master. Had I given this a lot of thought? Yes and No. I prepared financially, spiritually (I knew this was a desire from God) emotionally---maybe not so much. I only knew I was going to the Home of God's Love--I didn't know what was in store for me.

Now after a month of being here, I must say it hasn't been easy. It hasn't been hard either. Definitely I have felt the hand of God upon me as He stretches me one way and then another. One day, I felt myself snap from the stretch. The Lord was right there beside me, calming me, letting me know that it was o.k. He left me with that "peace beyond all understanding".

That day I walked to our Park down the street. In my quietness with God and gazing out at the lake, it reminded me of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. A breeze was blowing across the lake rippling the water. In Luke 8, we read that the disciples, while on the Sea of Galilee, were afraid of the storm and woke the Master. He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves and it became calm. To this I identified with my own situation and was calmed once again with the inner peace that only comes from the Lord's hand.