One Day

We've moved to a new state, house and job. There's clearly a lot going on. There have a been a lot of change. This move has been wonderful. We LOVE where we are, we LOVE our church, all 5 of us are making friends. God is good, and he has blessed us richly. And yet, things are not good. In the past month I have been having lots of panic attacks. On one occasion I called 911 to get to the ER to make sure everything was OK with my heart (David was away at a men's retreat...). I'm not sleeping well at night, I have very low energy, and quite frankly, I feel like I'm a hot mess. Right now we don't know what's going on. Right now we have way more questions than answers. Right now we're relying fully and totally on the Lord. Right now we're taking one day at a time. I am meeting with a sleep specialist to see if I might have sleep apnea--our family doctor seems to think this is the root cause of everything. We're praying the Lord gives the doctor ...

I have been feeling the itch to start writing again. I see it's been a good, long time since I last wrote. Our lives have changed and so much has happened it's hard to fully put it all into a post that won't take you hours to read! I think I'll just tell you the highlights for now! *In January we finished packing for our move to a new state, city, church, everything! *February 22 was move day, and we traveled to the neighboring state. My mom, the kids and I were in our van, David and the animals were in my parents' car, and my dad drove the Uhaul with most of our earthly possessions, pulling our "baby" car behind! It was a long day, but we got to our new home and were greeted by lots of folks from our new church. The job of unloading 4 vehicles of stuff was done quite quickly, and I will be forever grateful for those people! *March saw us getting even more settled in, figuring out where to put everything, finding our way around town, getting involved...

As I think of everything that we have to get done, and all that HAS been accomplished already in this process of moving, I was encouraged and challenged this morning by what I read in Scripture. I want to share it with you because I can't say it any better, obviously... Psalm 37 "Trust in the LORD, and do good (vs 3a). Delight yourself in in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. (v 4) Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him..." (v 7a) I've also been reading/praying through Beth Moore's Praying God's Word Day by Day . Today matched up what my other readings were saying. Here's what I read today: We tend to run to God for temporary relief. God is looking for people who will walk with him in steadfast belief. (Beth Moore) At this moment, Father, I am choosing the way of truth. I want to set my heart on Your las (Ps. 119:30). I want to choose the way of truth the rest of my days. Test me, O Lord, and try me. ...