In two days, we pack the truck.
In three, we embark across the country.
We are not ready. In really any way you could think of. Our place looks like a tornado crossed with a hurricane crossed with a tsunami of cardboard, stuff, and a good deal more cobwebs than I care to think about. Haven woke me up too early this morning, and immediately my mind raced with a hundred details to consider in the next couple days. I could barely think, let alone not be incapacitated with the mountain ahead of us.
(And I am not even a detail man. I am sure there are several times more details than have even crossed my mind.)
What awaits us is adventure.
What awaits us is a new, unexpected journey with God and people.
What awaits us is a great deal of unknown.
We are not ready emotionally. I haven't really begun to process my mom's death, let alone leaving all of the friends and family we have here in Pennsylvania. Let alone the enormous undertaking ahead of us.
We visited our chiropractor here for the last time yesterday (the first time was just a couple months ago...thank you Haven for meeting our deductible this year!), and I think the chiropractor adjusted my grief bone. She looked at me and said something like, "You know, givers need to take time to grieve and take care of themselves." Those words shifted something more than any other adjustment, and I had a hard time keeping myself together on the way to the car. We are vulnerable.
We are not ready. It feels big, and out-of-control.
But do you know who is ready?
Our Father in heaven, worshipped be Your Name.
Who this story is really about, know why we are going?
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven.
Who has everything we need, and how we will be taken care of?
Give us today our daily bread, and forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Who will protect us on the road ahead, who will guard our story and save us from any danger?
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Who makes any fear, anxiety, doubt, worry, or challenge seem small and able to be overcome?
For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever, Amen.
Please pray for the details, the trip, and everything that comes after. Thank You.
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