Comfort in the Unknown

I don’t know about you but personally, I am pretty uncomfortable with the unknown. I’m thinking about those times when you or a loved one is ill, but the doctors have no definitive diagnosis. Yet. That period of waiting is very very uncomfortable. My mom, like most moms couldn’t fall asleep until her daughters were home safe at nighttime. Not until she heard the garage door open could be sleep deeply and comfortably. Sometimes, I have a fear of the unknown because I am afraid of change. Sometimes, change can be a really good thing. A necessary thing. Nevertheless, change is uncomfortable before it become comfortable.

Can there be comfort in the unknown then? Comfort in not knowing something? Today I was talking with a friend about life and about the future. Because we are both recent college graduate (recent being 2 or 3 years), we were sharing about the many different places we’ve lived since moving away from home. And we came to the realization that over the past 6ish years, change has been one the consistent theme in our lives. And while it seems contradictory, we have found comfort in the facts that are futures are still unknown. Personally, I have another year of school which is non-negotiable, but after that, who knows where I’ve be living, what job I’ll have, or where life will take me? And as weird as it sounds, I am comfortable with that. I am more comfortable with the unknown than I would be if I knew exactly what the next 5 years looked like. Maybe it’s because there are so many opportunities available? Maybe, I’m just comfortable because it’s not time yet to make those hard decisions about where, when and how? Or maybe, there something else? Maybe my comfort comes from something within me saying that everything will turn out just as it’s supposed to. That God will and is presently taking care of my future. And if He’s in control, why be afraid? Sometimes, it’s just not that easy to let go and give over control. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try, does it?

I read this quote not too long ago on Of First Importance:
“Everything is necessary that he sends. Nothing can be necessary that he withholds.”
- John Newton

Can there be comfort in the unknown? I believe that there can me because although many things are unknown to me, my God knows ALL things. And that is something that I am very comfortable with.