Not Alone

It can be a little scary going into unfamiliar places and situations. Growing up, my family and I moved quite a bit. My parents were in the ministry, and that required answering the call of the Lord to go anywhere, do anything, and give up everything. But to the average kid, that meant leaving friends, family and everything we knew. At the drop of a hat, your life could be different. The idea of going to new schools, making new friends, living in new homes, and going to new churches was normal, but it never got easier. But there was a comfort that I came to know, and it stemmed from the fact that I didn’t have to make those moves alone. I had my family with me every time. My siblings and my parents were going into those places too. You see, we were in it together. We struggled together, we cried together, we lived together, we experienced the challenges of unfamiliarity together.