Reading: “The Land Between, Finding God in Difficult Transitions” by Jeff Manion. Transition is a topic discussed often at Titus 2. The Father of one of our ladies gave this book to her, which his church small group had studied, and gave an impromptu testimony about his own life transition experience to the ladies in the house when he stopped by this week to do the inspection on our fire extinguishers. From the book:
“I firmly believe that the Land Between – that space where we feel lost of lonely or deeply hurt — is fertile ground for our spiritual transformation and for God’s grace to be revealed in magnificent ways….while the Land Between is prime real estate for faith transformation, it is also the space where we can grow resentful, bitter, and caustic if our responses are unguarded. The wilderness where faith can thrive is the very desert where it can dry up and die if we are not watchful……Is it possible to possess a vital faith that prompts you to be at your best when things are at their worst?…..Our response to God while in the Land Between is what will determine whether our journey through this desert will result in deep, positive growth or spiritual decline.”
More than one young lady in the Titus 2 life recovery program has had to dig down deep and ask herself…which will I choose….will I let this make me better or bitter? Each must decide. The choice will determine whether the place and time of transition will truly be a transition or a dead end. (10/8/2016)