Like foolish children

"You feed us all with a silver spoon
And like your foolish kids
We start worrying about what we’re gonna do
When the hunger comes again"

- Jill Phillips, "Daily Bread"

With the elation of actually moving forward in the process, I took my eye off the prize long enough to fill them with the massive hurdles hurtling toward us. Most things I think I can account for, but our dog and our house are out of my hands. I don't know what to do about them, and I found myself nervous about the prospect of actually committing by my actions to shipping out.

You see, if we really are leaving, it makes sense to get packed up and ready to go. As it turns out, our sister just closed on her house, and she's moving in this weekend. On Saturday. In three days. You see, if we really are leaving, it makes sense to move all of our stuff in to her house when the truck is already rented and people have already shown up to help.

If we really are leaving--is there still a question? Really? Well, sure, there's still a lot of things that could derail us at this point, and I can imagine any number of scenarios where the Lord would take us this far and no further. And yet, as my wife is so fond of saying, we're either going or we're not. There are no odds with God. He knows what He's doing with us. So...are we going? That's something I've struggled with a bit since we passed the last major hurdle, and I think the Lord is trying to give me an answer if only I would have ears to hear.

An amazing set of "coincidences" led to a meeting tonight between ourselves and a couple who have gone before and who happened to be in town. As it turns out, they are living and working in the exact same place we would be living and working. We talked for two and a half hours, and we really clicked. As we talked, it became apparent again and again and again that the coincidental circumstances surrounding the need and our call were anything but. And all this on the eve before our final interviews.

Like a foolish child once fed, I began to worry about the Next Thing. God, in His infinite mercy, has calmed my fears. I would never presume to second-guess God, but if I have ears to hear and eyes to see, I should be looking and listening. I'm finding it harder and harder not to believe that we're shipping out in six weeks.

John 14:1-4