Transition is inevitable in the life of any woman, but I dare say global women experience transition at a higher rate than the average. 

Moving houses several times within a few years and sleeping in multiple beds in a single year is commonplace. 

Speaking two (or more!) languages is the norm. 

For many, the passport is used more than the driver’s license. 

Let’s put it this way: if transitions were pennies, we’d be rich! But how do we, as global women, facing big and small transitions in our lives and ministries on a yearly or even monthly basis, keep our eyes on what grounds us? 

As I reflected on this recently, my trusty cup of iced coffee in my hand, the image of water came to mind. 

Mind you, science has never been my strong suit. But I do remember there are three basic states of water: solid, liquid, and gas. Liquid state is water, gas is steam, and solid is ice. Each, though carrying vastly different properties in its individual form, is still, at its core, H2O.  

Let’s unpack this for a minute. H2O, in each of its states, has different boundaries. Different levels of energy. Different capabilities. 

Is this not also true of us in our transitions, as we approach new chapters in our journeys? 

Upon facing a major ministry shift, I wonder: “Where has all my energy gone?”  

H2O will not freeze without energy being removed from the equation, and thus a slowdown is necessary to achieve the benefits of ice. 

Perhaps a recent move finds me more introverted.  

Any state comes with different boundaries and limitations – water, for example, will take the shape of whatever it is poured into and will look vastly different from the free movement of steam! 

Should we be surprised that Jesus, our example of One who lived in transition so perfectly, offers Living Water? 

His secret? Full dependence on His Father, through times of great transition and trial. 

Just as H2O in any state remains H2O, we, too can rest in our unchanging, soul-deep identity in Him.