It's been awhile since I have put fingers to keyboard with the purpose of writing in my blog. This was not because I didn't have anything to say; on the contrary, I have felt like I have had too much to say, so much churning in my brain. Over the past two months, my life took an unexpected turn and while processing these things, I felt like I couldn't write about them, at least not with any coherency.
Today I write from our new home in Lafayette, Colorado, over a thousand miles away from where I want to be. I miss my home in Coeur d'Alene: my friends, my church, my life. Sometimes though, God leads you to make drastic changes, that while in the midst of them, you can't see how it's all going to work out. I know that this move was the right choice for our family, but it was one that I completely and utterly did not want to make (just ask my poor husband who had to guide me through my two-year-old tantrums over these past months).
“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
This verse has long been one of my favorites, and I hold to it now as I try to build a new home in a new place. I know that the only reason that leaving Coeur d'Alene was so hard was because God blessed me with a wealth of wonderful friends. I know that He didn't lead my family here just to abandon us; I trust Him.
To my very dear friends in Coeur d'Alene, I love you and miss you deeply. Please keep in touch as you are more family to me than friends.
To my friends I have yet to meet here in Colorado... I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
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