So much to do, so little time

Looking at the next two days is overwhelming. If we were to try to do everything that we need and/or want to do (last minute details, last minute packing, focusing on saying goodbye well, we would be stressed for every minute of the next two days.

A quote from one of my (Timbrel's) favorite books helped me this morning as we prepared to leave Toccoa, GA (where we've been for the past week with my family). Being away from Minneola has been stressful in its own way, especially for the kids, but for us it has also been a break from all the crazy packing, details, and decisions. Now we're entering the packing zone again, and I feel the weight of "how will I get all this done?" returning.

Here's what Abba said:
"Your time and energy are limited; only I know how much of each you have...Instead of wasting so much energy longing for what is not, invest that energy into trusting Me...Trusting Me will draw you into My joyful Presence."

So, we have come to grips with the fact that not everything that "needs" to be done will get done, and we have already crossed a few things off of our list. We are asking Abba to help us accomplish the important things and to help us recognize and let go of the nonessential.

Because one day in His Presence is better than a thousand elsewhere.

Will you ask the Father to keep drawing us into His Presence, and to care for the details that need to happen? We continue to speak "Grace!" to the growing mountain of luggage that sits in our house - "Grace!" to its packing, "Grace!" to its transport to the airport, "Grace!" to its free passage to Costa Rica, "Grace!" to it's acceptance into Costa Rica, and "Grace!" to its unpacking in Costa Rica.

He is enough.

Leaving Well

As we walk in our final weeks before making the great leap, we pack, and pack, and pack, and re-pack. Currently we have almost 20 suitcases! And yes, we're trying to narrow it down. We found out that the JetBlue agent who checks us in at the end of December will have the power to give us great favor with the baggage, but it is a case-by-case basis. Thank you for taking this to the Father for us!

In order to enter a new culture well, we need to leave well. One focus of our last weeks is communicating to our family and friends that we value our relationships with them. We are trying to help our kids through this process as well. Please, ask the Father that our relationships would be at a launching point - ending what has been and beginning what will be, and walking in wholeness. The enemy is already trying to keep us from leaving well in this way - will you stand against him with us?