PEOPLE MOVE

It happened fast.

Which we needed because we wanted to be SURE this is God's will.

And so it seems to be...

From the very first day that we drove off from the city and moved into this most
blessed country home, my heart had a knowing of the temporalness of it all.

Even though we made our long term plans and pictured ourselves here indefinitely,

what I knew even more certainly from the very beginning was that Heaven is our real home.

It struck me the day we moved in.

But, dreams came true here.

Children grew here.

Hearts were pruned here.

God has refined us here.

So much so, that it is clearly the theme of this poignant chapter of our lives.

[REFINEMENT]

For sure, that's what the Lord has done in this most wonderful season, a 2+ year retreat of sorts is what it's been and to be honest, it's heart-wrenching to leave. It's not uncommon for my eyes to burn at the end of a day lately because of the tears that may have flowed upon remembrance. I love to remember the time capsule days of here...and so it hurts to say goodbye.

I want to push pause and just saturate in my little blessed nest just a little while longer and with the usual rate of home sales in our tucked away mountain community, that's exactly what we expected to do when we listed our home for sale!

But God had a different plan.

1 month.

And so, here we go......

How could I capture in words all that this home has meant to me?

It's been a living out of lifelong dreams.

And I will forever be grateful to the Lord for how He has completely BLESSED our family here.

It is SO hard to go!

But, when God says move, we move. Plain and simple.

Our memories will travel with us.

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And the smallest little phrase reminds me that it's ok...

People move.

When I tell myself this, it somehow makes it better.

When I look to the Scriptures I see it there as well.

People move.

They do.

And most especially when God is on the move in hearts and lives.

He moves us along according to His will and to accomplish His intended purposes.

So, who am I to think I'd have a better plan?

There's just no way.

God's will is BEST.

And it is perfect and it is wise and generational and always lovingly good.

If He leads us on...it is better.

The Shepherd beckons.

A new chapter awaits.

With new memories to be made.

And so we follow His lead. Can't not.

We leave everything we cherish here and all the earthly securities we've been blessed with behind in search of God's will for the future, in pursuit of His plan which trumps ours. We lose our life to find it in the name of Jesus who calls and we trust Him for each unknown step moving forward knowing He knows the way, understanding that people move.

"These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city."

Hebrews 11:13-16