Moving Day looms large in the near future

I've always said how much I hate moving.  You know what I mean — all the junk-purging, box-labeling, dust-bunny killing, muscle-wrenching, BenGay-smelling madness.  It's enough to convince even the most nomadic wanderer to plunk down roots FOREVER!


(OK, I went away there for a while, but I'm back now...)

Anyway, all that angst aside, it is gloriously invigorating to imagine our family in a completely different life.  And perhaps this "imagining" is a clue to my greatest struggle during this season of my life.  You see, by design and default, I am what I call a "realist".  (My DW jokingly refers to my "pessimism" as the providential opposite of her optimism.)  Not only do I see the glass as half-empty quite often, I often take it to the extreme (another of my wife's wise assessments :-) by brooding over such other related topics:

• How in the world am I going to procure the H2O necessary to fill that glass enough to hydrate my entire family?
• How can I make sure that the water in that glass is a refreshing 60°F in the summer, and how can I be sure that I don't freeze my glass off in the Montana Winter?
• What if I can't find employment or a source of revenue sufficient enough to afford the glass rental?
• When will I be able to afford a down payment on my own little 10-acre glass?

My only hope, my only anchor is my Sovereign, King Jesus.  As I look back over the course of my life — and my family's — I know he's had me covered, all along.  So, I have no reason to entertain and nurture the fear that He will all-of-a-sudden just up and desert me.  He does love me, after all, and even good old Apostle Peter says I can throw all my cares on Him, 'cuz He cares for me!  (1 Peter 5:6-11)

So today, I'm going to take one step at a time.  I'm going to do what I can do, and leave the rest (and there is a lot more, let me tell you) to God.  I'm going to IMAGINE the BEST.  I hear Him speaking to my heart, "Go ahead and move forward, I'll never leave you, I'll never forsake you.  Be strong and courageous...
...and go ahead and jump in the glass, the water's fine."

And in the words of the Reverend James Cleveland:
"I... don't... feel no-ways tired!
I've come too far from where I've started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy,
But I don't believe He brought me this far
to just leave me!"