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THE BIG MOVE (Part 2)

THE BIG MOVE (Part 2)

unprecedented peace in the midst of mayhem

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Alyssa Galios
Mar 09, 2023
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How do you know you’re zeroing in on God’s call for your life?

A big clue could be when you experience continued unexplainable and unlikely peace in the midst of utter mayhem.

Remember how last week I told you about my mastermind meeting with the Sisterhood in September? A switch had been flipped… Landing back in Seattle after that Vermont trip felt surreal. As our plane started to descend… a realization hit me:

For my entire life - even during my year away in Florida or as a college student in Idaho - every time I’d ever flown into Seattle, Washington - I’d had a sense of “home.”

Like that big exhale when you walk through your front door or take your shoes off aching feet after a long day…

Seattle had always felt… Cozy. Familiar. Like home.

But this landing was entirely different…


It felt like I was seeing the city from an entirely new vantage point. Yes, we were descending from 30,000 feet in the air - but it wasn’t just our altitude. It was like an out of body experience - almost like I’d become an entirely different person. Like I was seeing our beautiful mountains and the Puget Sound against the city skyline for the very first time.

It wasn’t any less gorgeous. The water wasn’t any less clear. But it felt like whatever had tied me to this region for so long - was suddenly gone.

Home was no longer here…

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