The Hills Roll On

I just read this heart pouring blog from an amazing, inspiring, wish-we-could-spend-more-time-together-friend of mine (Ginger)…it captures so much of what I am going through that I just want to share some of it with you…

Where are we going?
What will we do?
How will we get money?
When will we be settled?
Where will the girls go to school?
Who will we be?
Who will be our friends?
Where will we go to church?
Where will we go next?
Will we be safe from robbers, persecutors, perverts?
How will our dreams come true?
How will we secure our future?
How will we prepare our daughters for this life?

I DON’T KNOW! But God does . . . .

…So by faith I will pack up this house not knowing where or when we will unpack. By faith I will embrace the weakness of travel, homelessness, and parenting small children in public. On my knees I will pray for my daughters, listen to God and raise them without embarrassment. By faith I will trust my dreams visions and passions to His timing and His ways. By faith I will pack knowing that He has said GO.

I sighed a knowing sigh after reading her recent post. On one hand I feel for her. On the other I am comforted because I am not alone in the walk of faith. As I reflected on our shared thoughts, our vast emotions and our Marvelous God, I came across a verse that spoke to my heart with such piercing clarity I felt I would weep….

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

~ Jeremiah 29.11

We are on the cusp of another great move with God…and though my heart often fills with fear and spills over into gnawing questions in my mind, I am comforted by the God of All Comfort, who DECLARES that I can trust Him no matter what…just let go of the vain attempts at control and He will do far more than I could ever ask or imagine! Praise Him FOREVER!!!

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