It has been a good while since I last posted a blog. In the meantime, we have made quite a transition. We sold our home of 14 years, a home we loved and enjoyed but which had too many stairs and too much yard work and upkeep. We bought a garden home in a retirement settlement. Thus we have been in the process of moving and resettling, and it has been very easy to let the blog go. But I hope to be back now with some regularity.
Since we married and moved into our first apartment, Liz and I have moved eleven different times. It seems each move has become increasingly difficult. The easiest move we ever made was from Gulf Shores to LaFayette, Alabama. Liz was eight months pregnant with our second daughter, Kit. First Baptist Lafayette arranged the move. On moving day we arose, ate breakfast, and left the dirty breakfast dishes in the sink. And with Julie and our little dog Sam, we left town. The movers packed everything, including the dirty dishes. At our new home the church members and the movers unpacked and arranged everything under our direction. I, literally, did not lift a finger.
At Wednesday Prayer Service we have been studying the book of Genesis. When Joseph wanted to bring his father Jacob (Israel) and his extended family down to Egypt from Canaan, Jacob was 130 years old. I can only imagine the trepidation this old man experience concerning the prospect of such a move.
Joseph and Pharaoh sent wagons to transport the family. Jacob could not walk that distance, as could not the women and small children. Pharaoh, in essence, told him “do not pack,” i.e. do not worry about all your stuff, your belongings. The Egyptians would provide everything they needed in Egypt.
In this most recent move I felt like I was 130 years old. Gratefully we had our children and a moving company to help us with the transition. But more important, we had the promise of God, which promise he made to Jacob in his move to Egypt. “Do not fear to go…I will go with you…” (Genesis 46:3-4) I can testify that in every move we have made, God has been with us and blessed us.
Grace and peace.
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