Moving is much like marriage. There is the craziness before the wedding, the honeymoon period and then a very large dose of reality.
The craziness keeps you going so fast you don't have time to think or feel much beyond the immediate. Your excited about the future and the possibilities it holds. There is too much to be done to lament what is being lost.
The honeymoon period comes when the moving truck pulls away from your house. You are left with the task of playing house for awhile...unpacking, arranging and decorating to make your new space your own. There are new places to explore, new things to see, new people to meet...it's all so exciting.
Then comes the large dose of reality. In a marriage your reality might come when your spouse starts leaving their dirty socks on the floor, or the toilet seat in the vertical position. Whatever the reality, the sparkle has faded and you can now see a bit more clearly what the next 50 years of your life will be like.
That's where we are now...smack dab in the middle of moving reality. The reality is we are 2,000 miles away from everything familiar. We've gone from having lots of friends and too much on our calendar to hoping the phone will ring...even if it's a wrong number. Despite of (or possibly because of) this new reality, God has been so faithful. Doesn't mean I like this phase...doesn't mean I don't have difficult days...doesn't mean I can't wait for it to end, but I can say without wavering that He is with us.
We will eventually find a new church and begin to make friends. We will eventually find a homeschool group. We will eventually feel like this is home. I'm just thankful God is walking with us through the nows, while we wait on eventually.
The Lord's encouragement for me today (and maybe some else who needs it): "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalm 27:14
Help me Lord to live in the now, while we wait to see what You will do eventually.
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