God pulled me out of my comfy country life and into the big city - I don’t know why but I’m enjoying seeing him at work

Rachael had no idea why she was called to London and she still doesn’t, but incredible things are happening around her and that can only be God.

As a young, emerging, Christian woman living in London, I often find myself wrestling with some big questions around who I am, who I’m meant to be and what my purpose is. In a society where our best bits are posted for the world to see, and it seems as though everyone else is on the direct path to purpose, it can be discouraging when you’re not in that place. But fortunately, we have a loving Father who we know has a purpose for our lives: ‘“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”’ Jeremiah 29:11.

It may be an obvious one, but this verse has given me so much comfort in the last six months when it felt as though my life had been flipped upside-down and turned inside-out. If you had asked me a year ago where I thought I was heading, I’d have told you that I was building foundations and planting roots in the quiet, countryside of West Sussex. I was fully engrossed in my church, work, friends and I’d invested in a hefty pair of wellies for long dog walks and muddy Sunday afternoons. That was it, I was happy, secure.