-Extra time at home with the family- dinners together, an upcoming vacation together.
-Extra chances to pray, be prayed over, and share hearts when the days here are dwindling.
-Extra energy to make these days count.
-Extra special time at the beach with old roommates. There's just something about them that does the heart good. It's good to be known and good to just be together.
He has truly orchestrated intentional time with so many of the important people in my life, which makes leaving a little easier and harder, all at the same time. Babies are being born just in time, get-togethers are happening, and boxes are being packed... just in time. Not too early, not too late. I have learned to wait on the pace and step of the Father since HE is orchestrating my life and to that I surrender.
We decided to move to Hong Kong this past fall, and since then we have stayed busy, but at the heart of it we are WAITING-- eagerly anticipating the unfolding of a work of God that has intersected our lives. It's easy to get ahead of ourselves, yet I am FREE from manufacturing "what's next" when I am simply following Him (not just that "plan" I have in mind). Experiencing this freedom also hinges on what we want most, what our ultimate goal in life is, and if you're walking with Him maybe you've seen shadows, or a foggy mirror-view of what's to come, but this** is what we're ushering in. (**HIS KINGDOM!) The work-in-the-meantime comes with following Him unquestioningly. There are tasks He's asking me to do along the way and it happens as abiding happens, otherwise I am lost (having no purpose or direction).
No, it's not easy, but there are definitely no regrets to "forsaking all and following Him" and I am able to live free as I walk in His will, one step at a time, the best I know how, as His daughter. I don't know it all, I DEFINITELY don't have it all together, but I know He's good and He sees the whole big picture at once. My life and your life are woven into that picture for the glory of our magnificent God. He sees all of time at once, with Christ as the center of it all and says this is good.
That's enough for me today. My portion for this moment. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but here in the present. With Him.
Luke 12:28"But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith! 29"And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying. 30"For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things. 31"But seek **His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
32"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you **the kingdom. 33"Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys. 34"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
There's a plan in motion where God wins and all is made right. It's the plan of God for redemption and restoration that we may truly know what love is and partake in the feast- the best days upon days that we could ever ever begin to imagine... And it starts now when we treasure Him most... It's the little things that truly point us to the big, significant MAIN thing...
What does it look like for YOU to simply follow Jesus today? As children of God who are unique it's going to look unique for ALL of us, Hallelujah!
Katie, thanks for teaching me the arm pop. My life will never be the same
-Paula #2