COMPLETELY IN GOD’S HANDS! ( I want to thank; my daughter Lacey, Bonnie the Beagle, Tortuga the Turtle, and Bubbles the Betta for thier cooperation and my Mother for her patience in capturing this)
I woke up every day this month (April) anxious saying to GOD "I don’t know how I'm going to do all this?!?!" Then GOD provided. New friends came and lightened this final month of school. Strangers and friends bought all my furniture, TVs, dishes etc. My mother (Laura) was at my place weekly packing and cleaning. My brothers (Jeffrey and Glenn) and my cousin (Ben) moved all the heavy boxes and furniture to their final destinations. My suitcase was just big enough for the essentials. Or rather, just small enough, to help me let go of some things. I grinned and let go when I realized some things would literally be emotional baggage. My daughter (Lacey) also condensed down to a suitcase. Some of my family and friends (Jane, Fred, & Dawn) have offered their couches and extra beds to Lacey and I.
I just shut and locked the door to my place for the last time. I walked away feeling as empty as I am leaving it. I will not have a home of my own again for at least a year and a half. If I choose to look back at what I had, or have given up, I will cry. I have always been a homebody and get very sentimentally attached to my things. Of course, it is all material things that I filled my life with. I just quickly walked away thinking ISAIAH 40:31, one of my favorite scriptures. Then GOD whispered to me … "Look where you are GOING!" I smiled and felt butterflies in my tummy! I am obviously very blessed and always provided for. Empty just means I am ready to be filled up again.
If you have a couch or room you would like to share, let us know!
PHILIPPINES 4: 11-13 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
