We’ll know it when we get there - or maybe not
As I think about whether to move on from our current church one of the hesitations is that I don’t have a complete picture of what I should be looking for. And that bothers me. I’m a systems analyst by trade and that side of my personality likes to know where I’m at, where I’m going, and how I’m going to get there. Along with an accompanying process flow diagram, of course. 
I recognize that in myself but I also recognize that real life isn’t necessarily going to appease my personal quirks. So I just have to deal. That doesn’t mean there are no guidelines or parameters. Just that they aren’t as concrete as I might like. And part of the reason it’s like that is that no matter how complete the checklist, there’s always going to be that ineffable something that you only know by actually being there. Call it intuition or the Spirit or whatever.
Quite frankly, I could do without all that experiencing. Not because I’m opposed to the subjective(although being a mentat does sound cool) but because it means that, well, you have to experience it. And that takes time. And even after all that time you can still end up being wrong. Ugh.
So will we know it when we get there? Maybe…. more likely it’ll be a case of figuring what’s most important to us and what are we willing to let slip by the wayside. But we could be surprised, who knows?
