Sharifa,
I so appreciate this post. The questions and situations you provide are all too often confronted by not only us, but the men and women we serve in our ministries and churches. Have we properly equipped them to respond well? My immediate reaction is "no". We have become too accustomed to an "answer", a "process", or "best practices" and often forget to seek God individually.

I found myself in a new city and new job recently and continue to scratch my head daily. "Now what?" ... For real!!!!!!

These questions should be asked more often than they are. In the mundane as well as the obvious.

Thanks for your words. Thanks for the biblical reminders. It was an encouragement tonight!