Endings and beginnings

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

This week I have made a big decision and carried it through. As you may be aware from some of my posts I have been heavily involved in a youth project in my town, both as a director and as a volunteer. A number of factors have 'helped' me reach the decision that I should no longer remain on the Board of Directors.

This has been quite a difficult decision and one that wasn't without the need for tissues. But for all concerned I feel the time has come to step back. The next year will be one of huge change for us as a family and breaking ties is one of the things we have to do. I also feel that I am no longer able to contribute in the way I would want to.

But I am sad. Sad that this point has come, sad that I will no longer be part of seeing the vision of the project through and sad that I was the last of the 'original' Board members.

But as the writer of Ecclesiastes so clearly puts it - there is a time for everything - and this time has come.

I am immensely proud of what our project has achieved and hope it can continue to help young people grow and develop. The young people I have been in contact with over the last 6 years or so are what the project is about.


And so I now turn a new corner and feeling less stressed and weighed down I can concentrate on enjoying the remaining months on placement. I can look forward to the challenges of the next year with one less tie to break. There will be more, but I have made a start!!