The in-betweens

You know those moments in your life that are just awkward?
Either you are sitting inbetween two people who are mad at each other,
Stuck between two angry politicians,
Stuck at an intersection when you thought there was enough room to go, but turns out their wasnt.
Standing inbetween two people, one waves- but not at you,
Even though you wave back because you thought it was to you.
Or even those times when you are stuck between what's right and wrong?
These are sticky situations- but what about the bigger "inbetweens" in life?

Inbetween jobs?
Inbetween what you thought you wanted and what you realize you need?
Inbetween what you want and what someone else planned for you?
Inbetween seasons?
Inbetween dreams?
Inbetween what you know you need to do and what would be more comfortable?
Inbetween your last year of school and the rest of your life?
Inbetween the life you planned and the one God ordained?

These are all some pretty big inbetweens and all pretty rattling to some degree or another.
It's easy to get stuck in a muck and just sit a mull over it,
But-
What if those inbetween times were just as important as the beginnings, middles, and ends over everything else?
What if these are the times that grow us and teach us what it really means to be still,
To teach is to endure-
To show us that it really is the journey that is most important,
Not just the destination.

What if it's these moments that show us the brevity of right now.
This very moment.
That it all counts.
That it all matters.
That maybe sometimes inbetween is where we need to be.