Moving

Moving.  A word that can mean so many things.  Moving toward something.  Moving away from something.  Changing scenery.  Changing locations.  You can do it quickly, or you can do it very slowly.  But no matter how you do it and just exactly what meaning it has in your life...it is NEVER easy.  It can be scary, horrifying and downright frightening.  But it can also be filled with joy, anticipation, and the expectation of something new and wonderful. 

I find myself in a "moving" place right now.  Most of you know that it means a complete change of address and location in my life, one filled with excitement, frustration, uncertainty and LOTS of questions.  But it is also a description of what God is doing IN my life not just TO my life.  He is moving me into a new season, a new place with Him and a deeper understanding of my particular position in His kingdom here on this earth.   

The past decade has been filled with fixing things - finances, house, habits, attitudes, bodies and dinners for a family not just a couple.  It has been a roller coaster ride of ups and downs.  It has been fraught with not only joy but also tears.  Friends have changed, desires have changed and basically God has "fixed" a lot of things in our lives.  

Sometime towards the end of 2010, I labeled 2011 as the year of blessings because I found a new grounding in who I am (a child of the KING and highly favored), and what that really means.  I spoke those words over my life and the life of my family.  I learned that though life is not going to be easy all the time, I have a solid foundation that says, No matter what, God is God and I am not!  And it will be ok because I am standing smack dab in the middle of God's will and He will guide me through the "moving". 

I am "moving" into this year with a new perspective, an opportunity to practice ALL that I have learned, and a peace unlike any I have known before, despite the actual "moving" of my entire life.

I pray you find it too!