run ahead of the Lord. So I phoned the HR director and apologetically resigned the job, and he was very understanding. A few weeks later, I was invited to become interim pastor of my home church as they searched for a new shepherd, and I stayed with them for seven years! (Usually an interim pastor never gets called, but God had other plans.) No matter what the circumstances are around us, if we have God’s peace in our hearts, we can weather the storm and end up at the port of His choosing. The three