Rabbit Holes and Changing

Question: How does a girl who falls no, actually she jumps ... Eyes open, down a rabbit hole, plummeting into chaos come out the other end unchanged? The answer. She doesn't. See, I know, because that girl is me...

I was flipping through the television channels this morning and heard this opening line to a movie and instantly related it to the last 9 months of my life. Last November our team moved over and merged with another department. There were unknowns and pre-conceived notions, but a lot of excitement mixed in with it too. Roles were changed, positions moved, expectations high. My role doesn't even remotely resemble what I was doing 9 months ago - and I love it. I was dropped into a world that I knew nothing about. Concepts flew over my head, terms went in one ear and out the other - quite literally I jumped into a rabbit hole and plummeted into the world of "media and production".

I have been stretched, prodded, poked, and pushed - emerging with new knowledge and changed. I have been invested in, poured into, challenged, tested, supported and encouraged. I have added friends and family. I have emerged, full of new knowledge, full of new confidence and completely changed.

Our team is simply put... amazing. I look around at the people that God has placed on this team, at this time and I can't imagine working with a better group. The skill sets is varied and we have strengths balancing weaknesses. We work beautifully together and support each other through good days and bad. In a time where expectations are high, goals are lofty, and timelines are short - God is working. God is moving in this place and in this team - we just need to stay out of His way.

Staying out of His way has never been more clear to me than watching Him change me through my teammates. I have to be willing to hear His voice through their words - to hear His challenges through those around me - and to move myself out of the way and allow Him to finish His work in me.