I love getting "heavenly hints" that I'm on the right path

So today is Epiphany Sunday, when Christians recognize the importance of the Magi to the Christmas story. I went to my dad's church, and when I was looking for this quote to get all the words right, I realized the pastor word-for-word copied her sermon from one online, same stories and all. It doesn't change the fact, though, that these words spoke to me.

"People who journey without being changed are nomads. People who change without going on a journey are chameleons. People who go on a journey and are changed by the journey are pilgrims." - Rev. Jody Seymour

The theme of travel is central to the role of the Magi, and naturally I am interested in anything having to do with travel right now. I am really expecting to be a pilgrim on my upcoming journey, I'm counting on this trip to show me more about myself and to help me decide where the rest of my life is going. I'm not the only one making an important journey soon, either. I think of my friends who will also be travelling, and I hope the same for them. I'm more and more excited everyday, and hearing words like this really encourage me, and let me know that I'm making the right choice to go and figure myself out on my own.

"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." - 2 Timothy 1:7