Never Settle

Adding it up In 9 years we’ve moved 6 times, not counting the micro moves in between those moves! That’s moving every 1.5 years. In the 17 years we’ve been married we’ve moved 11 times, that also averages to every 1.54years! 4 kids, thousands of boxes, and millions of tears.  We find ourselves amongst more boxes, more memories, and countless lifelong friends.   When I add up all the numbers, I keep getting zero. Why zero? Zero regrets.  Was it worth it? Is it worth it? Absolutely, without a doubt. Thanks to each of you for being ONE of the ONES that multiplies our hearts! 

This post was written a year ago as I finished a grueling year in ministry.  Im so grateful to say that after a year's time I can post this with even more confidence knowing that even in this storm I endured, HE was with me.  I took a year off of serving and let the Lord really do a rehab on my ride.  Same frame, but new updated and working systems.  I pray that wherever you are in this season, you'll tap into your GPS! I'm terrible at directions, navigating roads and cardinal directions aren't my thing.  Somehow I wasn't born with the internal GPS, that gene skipped me.  I can mostly get you to where you need to go, but its going to be by telling you landmarks such as: turning at the square building with the red trim.  You wont hear me say things like “go north for a quarter of a mile then you’ll head east for a mile.”  My directions may not always make sense to people, but they’ve seemed to work for me so far. ...

Live in the moment According to my google search “live in the moment” means being present, conscious and aware of the present with all of your senses.  The irony is that so often, as I’m living in the moment, Im so far from the moment.   This week year has been a slew of “living in the moment” moments.  Many of those moments have been painful, hurtful, surreal, but nonetheless moments I had to endure and live through.  Many of these moments have been wonderful, meaningful, joyful and precious.   Its in the moments of moving and packing that Im reminded of so many of these moments.  My mind wanders down memory lane.  Sometimes I come to a hualt when my mind takes me down the dark, hurtful, and unforgettable roads.  I want to speed up and forget those moments, block those memories, and replace them with new and fun and fuffly memories.   However right as I come out of those dark narrow tunnels in my mind I see a glimmer of lig...