Gratitude

The song of my heart at this time is 'Revelation Song' by Philips, Craig and Dean 'You are my everything and I will adore you.' We moved to Severna Park, Maryland in June. I don't know if I'd normally put the city, but this place is a bubble! Since it was our first time moving, I have no idea if they all go that quickly and smoothly, but ours was incredible! It was so quick that the movers were at our home before we were on that overcast June day. Rain was threatening and I learned that day that if rain starts, they don't stop working. I prayed for an umbrella over our home while all was being unloaded, and you know what? Of course you do!, it didn't begin to rain until they were loading all the pads, dolleys and ramps back on the truck. While the guys were unloading our belongings into our new home, nearly every woman on the street came to introduce themselves to us. And many of the children, too. I have a great respect for the families here. We live at the end of a court and it's our playground. We do something like 'community parenting' if that's a term. If not, I'm creating it. ;)

I love it here. Often I ask God if we may stay. Though I struggle with even posing that request to Him since I would never have asked to move here in the first place. This has been another example in my life of God knowing what's best for us. I feel like He has provided for us in a way that I can only describe as a blessing. And I would like a bigger term like 'Ginormous Gift'. We had no idea what was waiting for us up here, now I know that it was peace. A peace that I didn't have before and truly I didn't know it existed like this.

We have found a church home (!!) and I recently joined a women's bible study. After attending the first one I knew that was the piece that was missing for me. Being in fellowship with like minded believers for me is nothing short of joy!! I love hearing about what God is doing, how He is moving, correcting and healing His children. He's been really busy with me this summer and fall. How He is able to work on all of us at the same time, how we are able to pray at one time even in different languages, is part of the omnipresence that I'm grateful for.