Unpacking!!!

  We just recently moved.  To prepare for the move we started months and months ago packing, sorting, giving away and throwing away items.  We have now moved into the unpacking phase.  It is a adventure rediscovering all that we had packed away and forgotten about.  I have noticed that in the hectic pace of the last week trying to get all the items moved from one location to the next, I was not spending as much time in the word for myself I was so focused on getting it all done.  I did a lot of it by myself and I became discouraged and unmotivated the longer that the process of packing and sorting became.  Our spiritual lives are much the same way.  We are in the process of going from one kingdom to the next and we have to take inventory and throw out and let go of things that are no longer useful to our spiritual lives.  During my packing it become lonely.  I because of past hurts have a difficult time asking for help.  I learned on this journey that no matter how much progress I have made I still have a ways to go in learning how to interact with people and how to ask for help.  I  thought the things I was doing was asking for help and I have been humbled by hearing that they were incorrect.  Changes are on the horizon in so many areas.

Preparing to move

Our family is preparing to move to a new home in another town.  There is so much involved in moving from going through and finding items we had forgot about, to realizing certain items are no longer of value to us and would be better to bless someone else with or to trash and discard.  Our spiritual walk is much this same way.  Ever so often we need to sit down and take a inventory and go through what we have learned and maybe let some things go or revisit some truths that we had learned but are no longer focusing our attention on.  Our victory can slip easily away by getting caught up in our every day living.

Staying focused.

With my son getting ready to graduate from high school, a move to a apartment, and getting started in missions.  We have a lot going on that competes for our time and attention.  I find it hard sometimes to devote the amount of time I would like to each task.  Our walk with God is the same way.  So many things pull on us and compete and draw our attention away and we find our selves drifitng from God and losing our intimacy and even sometimes our focus.

Getting back on track.

I have had some challenges and unexpected circumstances come up the last few weeks.  I have not posted or stayed on my routine.  I struggle with consistency and flexibility.  As I have been blogging and making a schedule I have been learning to be more flexible with my routine.  I am learning a routine is a guideline to guide us through  our day.  I am finding a new found freedom by learning to be more flexible with my routine and not get upset when I need to make changes to my routine.  Our routines help us know what to excpect and that sometimes the unexcpected can bring us revelation, freedom, joy and peace.