WE'LL SHARE A SPOT . . . .
I, David, will begin this session. Rebecca and I both had the sensation that we should write tonight, so we'll share the spot. Not only is it "romantic" that we both thought of it at the same time, but it also means that the Holy Spirit is moving in our hearts in the same way at the same time.
This has been a long and exhausting week (as though this were any different than usual). HA! For those of you who've been folowing our on-line Journal, you know that we've been in the moving process for some time now. Until now, the move has been rather open-ended, with no specific deadlines. But suddenly, things changed. The pastor of the little church with whom we have been in fellowship, took a turn for the worse and succumbed to cancer, and is now singing in the heavenly choir. Thus, with no way of knowing who might have need of the parsonage, where we'd been living, we HAD to get the main floor available for possible occupancy. So we are now more than 3/4 moved into the Montpelier house. There remains boys' toys in the upstairs rooms of the other house, as well as a number of boxes left in the garage, for us to transfer over here. The end is in sight! To lose our family pet and our family pastor in the same day, then have to rush to move out and clean up the parsonage, all in just a few days...stress levels have been high, emotions flaring up suddenly, and still we try to walk in the fruit of the Spirit. Praise God for times of testing, ANYhow! May we go forward in His grace as I finish work on this house, then go out to try and find a job.
Now it's Rebecca's turn: Every good and perfect gift comes from the Lord is so true!! As David mentioned we have been quite stressed out and this evening the Lord blessed us with an impromptu family meeting that brought a sweet peace to all of us. Usually when there is a family meeting, someone is defensive, but tonight we were all open and good listeners. We were all able to express our feelings and accept each other's feelings with gentleness and respect. It lasted about an hour and when we felt like we were all done, David lovingly gave us a blessing from Ephesians.
Lord bless you all!
This has been a long and exhausting week (as though this were any different than usual). HA! For those of you who've been folowing our on-line Journal, you know that we've been in the moving process for some time now. Until now, the move has been rather open-ended, with no specific deadlines. But suddenly, things changed. The pastor of the little church with whom we have been in fellowship, took a turn for the worse and succumbed to cancer, and is now singing in the heavenly choir. Thus, with no way of knowing who might have need of the parsonage, where we'd been living, we HAD to get the main floor available for possible occupancy. So we are now more than 3/4 moved into the Montpelier house. There remains boys' toys in the upstairs rooms of the other house, as well as a number of boxes left in the garage, for us to transfer over here. The end is in sight! To lose our family pet and our family pastor in the same day, then have to rush to move out and clean up the parsonage, all in just a few days...stress levels have been high, emotions flaring up suddenly, and still we try to walk in the fruit of the Spirit. Praise God for times of testing, ANYhow! May we go forward in His grace as I finish work on this house, then go out to try and find a job.
Now it's Rebecca's turn: Every good and perfect gift comes from the Lord is so true!! As David mentioned we have been quite stressed out and this evening the Lord blessed us with an impromptu family meeting that brought a sweet peace to all of us. Usually when there is a family meeting, someone is defensive, but tonight we were all open and good listeners. We were all able to express our feelings and accept each other's feelings with gentleness and respect. It lasted about an hour and when we felt like we were all done, David lovingly gave us a blessing from Ephesians.
Lord bless you all!
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