Almost there...

I've been busily finishing the final stages of obtaining flight instructor certification. If there's anyone out there who thought this was easy, I would be more than open to suggestions. It's been a difficult time for several reasons, largely just the huge transition I've been in the 'middle' of between school and the 'real' world for the last three months. It seems like I've experienced one delay after another, drawing this process out from what was supposed to be a month and a half, to what has now been over three months. It's not been easy, but whoever said life was supposed to be easy. It's also been said that if it's easy, it's not worth doing :) . Not sure if I totally endorse that statement, but I suppose there's some truth there. Ultimately what it all boils down to is that God is sovereign and we are to follow the direction He leads and trust Him for the strength for each day. "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10) By God's faithfulness, I am nearly finished with this certification process. All I have left is to pass the actual checkride with an FAA examiner. Then it will be on to STC as a full-time instructor intern. In the meantime, I've had the privilege of helping out at STC here and there, as my own training schedule allows. Times of transition, in my experience, are exciting but generally of a more challenging excitement than fun excitement and this has been no exception. In any time of difficulty, no matter what form or to what extent, we have but to follow the Apostle Paul's example, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Phil 3:14)