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Moving…

There is a lot going on with our family this summer.  This week my parents are moving to Virginia to start a new life living with Jayne and me.  Jayne and I have bought a new home in which we can all share in this new life.  Our daughter and son-in-law are selling their home and are looking for a new home.  Even our son is in the process of buying his first new home.  This got me thinking how do we start a new life after we have been comfortable for so many years? 

There are times when you want to start over.  We change jobs, get transferred, retire, move for family, etc.  Then there are times God wants you to start over.  The reasons God wants you to start over may be reasons only known to Him and reasons shrouded only in His mystery.  

Romans 12: ^1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.  Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.  Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.  Instead, fix your attention on God.  You'll be changed from the inside out.  Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.  Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Most of us like to keep everything the way it is, so most of the time; we start over only because we have to start over.  No matter what the reason is for your starting over, you must know Christ is with you now and He will always be with you in the days to come.  

When you have to start over, put all of your heart, mind, and soul into learning God's wisdom and doing His will.  Then, the more effort you put into starting over, the better things will be, even when starting over is not what you want or even need to do.

Starting over can be an adventure, a welcome change, or even scary about the unknown.  But, one thing you can be sure of, God will be there with you all along the way.  How do I know this?  Right here:

Hebrews 13: ^5-6Don't be obsessed with getting more material things.  Be relaxed with what you have.  Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you," we can boldly quote, 

   God is there, ready to help; 
   I'm fearless no matter what.  
   Who or what can get to me?

So don’t be afraid to move across town, across the state, or even across the country, because God will be there every step of the way. 

I also know of another family that is starting over and they are moving out of the country to follow God.  They are following the voice of God to Cambodia.  Godspeed Kim and Stephen.