something old: something new (day 19) last one...

this is my last, "something old: something new" post..

actually, this could be my last post from king george,  and my last post for the next few weeks as we try and settle into life in kansas.

old: 2 years ago as we set our sights on king george, we were coming here to fulfill a commitment to the government.  they had put mark through the last two years of college so we owed them two years.  by faith we loaded our 5 year old, 3 year old, 23 month old, and 6 week old and left everything we knew. we had NO idea what the next two years would look like.  there were some REALLY difficult moments. moments where it was VERY unclear why we were here (of all places) while we were "needed" in so many other places.  what we didn't yet fully know was that WE  (mark, sara, katie, julia, lucy and anderson) needed king george. for reasons that i have walked through for the last multiple posts. as always, God had amazing things for us here, God had things that He needed to work on IN us while we were here, God had people who would make our life richer here waiting for us, God had moments that would change our lives forever while we here in king george. He is good, ALWAYS good. in the hard, in the easy, in the unknown, in the known, in the glorious, in the mundane, in the old and in the new. He has plans for us, for all of us. He is to be high and lifted up. He is to be worshiped, adored, and obeyed. He is holy. He is continually working on our behalf to mold and make us into HIS IMAGE. The longer we fight, refuse, and resist His love, the longer we lack peace and true rest. We miss Him if we don't know Him.  And He is ALL that is worth knowing.

new: 21 days ago we set our sights on kansas in a real and non- "in your dreams" kind of way. we have a commitment to fulfill. one that says, " i will honor my mother, love my mother, and respect my mother, as long as i can, with as much as i can". she gave me life, she laid her life down for me for 20 years, day and night. i owe her. we are not super heroes swooping down to save the day. we are walking by faith to lighten the load of many hands. we don't HAVE to... we WANT to.... we are excited and desire to do this. on thursday, one week from yesterday, we will load our 7, 5, 4, and 2 year old up and move to a more familiar place. we don't know that life will look like while we are there. there will be moments that are unclear and difficult. what we think is that mom needs us, but what is really true, is that we desperately need her.  as always, God has amazing things for us there, God has things that He needs to work on IN us while we are there, God has people who will make our life richer there waiting for us, God has moments that will change our lives forever while we are there. He is good, ALWAYS good. in the hard, in the easy, in the unknown, in the known, in the glorious, in the mundane, in the old and in the new. He has plans for us, for all of us. He is to be high and lifted up. He is to be worshiped, adored, and obeyed. He is holy. He is continually working on our behalf to mold and make us into HIS IMAGE. The longer we fight, refuse, and resist His love, the longer we lack peace and true rest.  We will miss Him if we don't know Him.  And He is ALL that is worth knowing.

~s