The Beautiful Space Between
I recently came across a quote that said, "You've left the old life behind. The new one hasn't arrived yet. You're standing in the middle. That place has a name. It's called becoming." I read those words several times because they described a season of life I know all too well. I think most of us imagine life unfolding in neat, predictable chapters. One chapter ends, another begins, and somehow we're supposed to know exactly where we belong. But real life rarely works that way. More often than not, we find ourselves standing somewhere in between. We've said goodbye to the life we once knew, but we haven't quite found our footing in the life that's still unfolding. It can feel uncertain, uncomfortable, and even lonely. Yet I've come to believe that some of life's greatest growth happens right there in the middle. When I look back over my own life, I can clearly see those in-between seasons now, although I couldn't recognize them whi...