Ready? Set? silence.

I have been contemplating this phrase since it has had some major relevance in my life recently.

You can say it has been my past 3 month journey as I returned home after graduating from my school and getting a job to go back.

Ready?

I am learning that this is in reference to my emotional state. Last Feb I started asking Yahweh where my home was. Where did I have a place and where did I fit? Where will I call home? I found these answers for the next season of my life and it is to return to school. I don't enjoy saying goodbye to the ones who have laughed, cried, rejoiced and mourned with me over the past 3-4 years. And I hope many of those people know that we will be friends for a LIFETIME.

Set?

I am thinking this is in reference to my practical state of being. Is my paperwork in order? What is my strategy? Have I counted the cost? Have I made arrangements for my whole life to be packed up, again, to be used at a later date? Have I gotten rid of everything I don't really need anymore? Sell the furniture, garage sale the stuff, and fit the next year of my life into two 50 pound max weight suitcases.

silence.

This is the waiting. In 20/20 hindsight this is my most favorite part. Hardest. Most precious. Emotionally I am ready. Practically I am set. I am now waiting for the GO. Have you ever had a hard time getting a room full of children to listen to your instruction? I have noticed that if I lower my voice and began to whisper removing myself from the noise competition creates a curiosity. The children begin to quiet down and try to figure out where the whisper is coming from. Then they hear what is being said. This is what waiting is like when chasing the Spirit of Yahweh. I quiet myself. I focus on the whisper and then I hear what He is saying. 

And I listen for "GO!"

I think I am right at the end of the 'Set?' I am ready emotionally (as much you can be when leaving your friends and family), I am working on tying up loose ends here practically. I am getting ready for the "GO!"