Presby-Musings

We've been getting settled into our new house.  At times, this move has felt a little like we took all of our worldly goods, stuffed them into a huge box and then turned that box upside down to dump it all out somewhere else. But slowly and surely, things have started to take shape.  We can catch glimpses of what it will be like when the boxes, plastic bins and chaos have disappeared and we're left with the finished product.   Lent is a lot like that, I am learning.  We catch glimpses of the Resurrection, and see shimmers of the way the world will be when God ultimately gets what God wants.  And for now, those glimpses have to be enough to sustain us, and keep us walking.   I find myself in need of a lot of grace lately as we sort through our stuff.   At times, I don't do all that well when the way isn't clear, and there's chaos all around me.  I want to get to the other side of it all, and be done.  I want God to work it all out n...

 "Unless you move the place where you are is the place where you will always be."   - Ashleigh Brilliant  I'm moving again.   I calculated the other day that Merideth and I have now moved 22 times in 25 years of marriage.  Within the last year, we moved three times, including one that took us across the country.   This particular move is across the street, though.  Literally, the house I am moving into is right across the street, and one house down.  It's a miracle how we got that house--the house where our entire family, including my parents will be living.    I'm thinking that this move I am making now needs to be the last move I make for a very  long time.  I am also thinking that I need to rent a huge dumpster and get rid of a bunch of stuff.   Additionally,  I am realizing that I've been wearing the same work clothes for two days straight. This is not a good trend.   All this moving cause...

The Daily Devos will be a bit sporadic this week--as I'll be en route to Austin Texas as of this evening!  I'll be doing my best to keep up with them during this transition, but I expect that it won't be until next week that we'll be back on a regular schedule (As if anything in our family was "regular"!).   Today is moving day--my last day in Central Florida for what could be a long while.  We'll be driving away today for what will be a two day trip for us (with a one-night stopover in Tallahassee and another in New Orleans) to our new home in Austin Texas.   My house is full of boxes and most of the rooms are already empty.  The moving company got everything packed over the last two days and over half of my worldly goods are already loaded on to a truck.  They just called to let us know that they are on their way to finish the job this morning.  It's strange to be moving again---so soon after we moved into this house. As everything was being...