Right Here

The last few weeks have been filled with all the things that are required when you move. Long hours of cleaning, painting and packing. At times there are moments of excitement for what lies ahead and at other times exhaustion takes hold and I begin to wonder why we choose to do this again.

I call this move our Gideon transition. Each time we have moved we have downsized. It felt nice to de-junk on our last move and I though we had reduced quite a bit. Then this move seems like God is saying, like He did to Gideon, “You still have too much.” And the beauty of that is, that God has let me be a part of giving away the extra.

But the other day the green eyed monster of envy showed up when I saw posts from some friends about their new large dream home and others asking why we were doing this in the first place.

For a few moments I entertained those thoughts and then I was reminded of why. This is where God is calling me to be right now. When the idea of this move was first discussed I clearly heard that in this place I have a ministry waiting for me.

Thank you Lord for the reminder that it doesn’t matter where I live, the size of my home or the reason I do what I do, as long as You are there and it’s what You have called me to do.