Are You Grieving The Leaving?

In Numbers 33:5-47 The verses start out with "They left" recounting the Israelites journey through the wilderness in preparation for the Promised Land. I love that Moses starts each verse with their beginnings being noted as they left a location.
¹⁰ They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.^[b]
11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
¹² They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
¹³ They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.


Have you ever felt like leaving was an ending, the end of a book, the closing of a relationship?  Walking away and closing a door- whether you want it to be closed or not?
Did you find yourself grieving the leaving?
What if the leaving was merely the introduction of your next chapter?
What if the leaving was actually your next beginning?
What if your recorded, like Moses, your beginnings as you left a place ?

The Lord had to have his children leave one place in order to get them where He wanted them.  He was leading them to their Promised Land. Maybe your "Goodbye" is really a disguised "Hello".