Splendid Sunday: Let's Focus on Moving

We're barely settled in Platte, but it's time to focus on moving again for a couple of weeks.

On Friday and Saturday, Gary and I helped our daughter Allison move from one third-floor apartment to another third-floor apartment across town in Lincoln, Nebraska.

She has some unpacking to do!

Our other daughter Erin let Allison live with her for the summer, but she strongly encouraged her to find her own place once she got established in a new job.

She did that (the job and the apartment), so we took some furniture down that she had stored here, then helped get her stuff out of Erin's apartment and into her new place. 

Allison and Erin, in Allison's new apartment.

This week Friday we'll load up the trailer again and help Dylan move into Hospers Hall at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. He won't have nearly as many things to move as Allison did, and he's only on the second floor, so it should be a bit easier.

All of this moving has me thinking.

Thinking about all of the things we have and that we lug around from place to place.

Thinking about how quickly the years fly by and we have to help our children move into apartments and dorms.

Thinking about how out of shape I am as I huff my way up another flight of stairs.

Thinking about how important it is to keep moving as we go through life.

Whether it's moving to a new city, moving to a new school or job opportunity, moving our bodies to get in better shape, or moving the stuff we no longer use or need to the nearest Goodwill store, we need to keep moving.

If we stay in one place and never take advantage of educational opportunities or a chance to work somewhere new, we can limit ourselves and never realize our full potential. (I realize there are exceptions to this, but not for the majority of people.)

If we never move our bodies, we lose muscle mass and probably take on extra pounds, gradually losing our mobility and the freedom to enjoy the world around us.

If we never move our belongings, they'll eventually pile up around us, hindering our freedom to move around our homes and share life with those we love. 

It's always most comfortable to stay put, to not risk, to not let go of what we know.

Friends, we can't be content with comfortable. Eventually, comfortable becomes stifling, constricting, boring, unhealthy. Then, we must move.

God will prompt us. He'll show us how and He'll tell us when. Let's just hope it's not to a third-floor apartment on one of the hottest days of the summer.

"The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger." (Job 17:9 NLT)

Have you become comfortable? How can focusing on God help you to know when and how to move?