One Step Enough For Me

September 18, 2019

Lead Kindly light…

Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see

The distant scene; one step enough for me

Anna and I spent the week visiting old friends and making new ones in the Provo and Salt Lake City area.  Everyone was so generous with their time and opened their homes to us as we stayed for a day or in some places two.  How grateful I was to be included in their family routines, dinner meals and the ability to snuggle with their pets.  I am missing my own puppy so much!

We returned to Rexburg to check Anna into school.  One of her roommates had stayed through the summer and let us move in to the apartment early.  Wow, was that helpful!  We were able to unload her things from the storage unit and she had time to unpack and hang things in her room without the usual rush and craziness of move-in day for everyone.  It was a great experience.

We went to the Idaho Falls Temple on Saturday and then church together on Sunday before she took me to the bus.  It was another hard goodbye.  I am going to miss my travel companion so much! It has been a wonderful three weeks and we have made memories for a lifetime.

I traveled back to Salt Lake City and stayed with my sweet friend Katherine and her family overnight.  She drove me to the airport on Monday and I flew to Denver, Colorado.  My plane ticket from SLC to Scotland would have been $2,700.  However, by flying to Denver on a $39 Frontier Flight and then staying over until Tuesday, I was able to book a fare from Denver to Scotland for $550 instead.  Love being able to be flexible! 

My friend John (from my childhood) and his wife Peggy live in the mountains outside of Denver.  They offered their time and home to me during my layover.  It is one of my favorite places and it was so wonderful to return to the mountain I love and soak in the views and the quiet.  I so appreciated the opportunity to catch up after many years, the hike and the amazing meal.  

However, as I said goodbye to my friends and prepared to leave the United States, a bit of panic set in.  As I waited for my overnight flight to depart, I started to question my decision.  What had I done?  Would I be able to handle all of the logistics on my own? Would I be safe? …and a thousand other concerns.

And then I remembered ~ I am not the first to do this.  I am not some explorer like Columbus.  There are hundreds of people successfully living this very same lifestyle and there are maps, and the internet, etc.   And even though, I personally have never done this – I have prayed about this extensively and feel confident that this is my next step in my life’s journey.

God promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.  We do not need to know what will happen tomorrow.  He isn’t going to let me see the distant scene either – so I don’t know why I bother looking for it.  I only need to remember that He leads me and I will find grace when I need it. I am going to leave tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow and focus on watching for all of the ways in which he has prepared a way for me today – and embrace them with a grateful heart!