Packing up a childhood...

We are on the final countdown. Things are getting crazy but so fun. Of course, life continues to happen in the middle of all the craziness. There are still things to do that have nothing to do with the wedding. There  are jobs to go to and carpools to drive and groceries to be bought. 


And, there is a daughter packing up. She is putting away the childhood things. She is packing up the stuff. She is deciding what goes with her into the next season of life. She is moving away. Not too far, but away. We will be a house of four now. But always a heart of five.


My mom heart is struggling. My head is still in planning mode. I want to finish strong. But the mom heart is still wavering a bit. Prayers would be appreciated over the next 2 weeks. If you think of me, pray those things: that my head can continue to plan, that those plans will be honoring and glorifying to Jesus, that we would all finish strong and that my mom heart would take it all in and hold it tight!


Life is a process of seasons. Just like we walk out our faith and our calling, we walk out our parenting. And as each season comes and goes, I want to Trust completely, Hope in what I know, and Love like crazy in the process!

When I was an infant at my mother's breast, 

I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, 

I left those infant ways for good. We don't yet see things clearly. 

We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. 

But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright!

 We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, 

knowing him directly just as he knows us! But for right now, 

until that completeness, we have three things to do

 to lead us toward that consummation: 

Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. 

And the best of the three is love.

1 Corinthians 13:11-13. the message