Pressing Forward

So our story continues....
We are moving to Ohio - Waterville to be exact, just south of Toledo. Tim will be pastoring a small mission church. It is exciting, scary, adventerous, joyfull, sad..etc. It is hard to begin to blog about everything. Seems like it all came so fast. "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead..." Those words from scripture came clearly to my mind as I was writing. Time now to look forward, keeping my eyes focussed on Jesus. "...I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me Heavenward in Christ Jesus." So as these days are here now to make decisions, choose dates and find a home, I know for me that it is so important for me to press on forward. Since my prize at the end of my life is heaven - then I need to move forward in Christ, walking side by side with him. Yea!!! Lord bring it all together!

So I was thinking about my life and I look back at the places that I have been. Wow - never in a million years could I have ever planned this all out. I love the following lines from the movie "While You Were Sleeping."

First, I remember being with my dad.
He would get these far-off looks in his eye, and he would say,
"Life doesn´t always turn out the way you plan."
I just wish I realized at the time he was talking about my life.

But of course her life turned out better than she could have planned. That's the way it is with God. Embracing His plans are often big steps of faith.

So what exactly our life will look like we do not know. What I do know is there is a community that needs Jesus. A group of committed people that long to bring Jesus to others. Everyone at the church has a job - that is so cool. People willing to do and change whatever is necessary to reach people - even the lost generation of young adults. Praise the Lord! They are not about themselves but about others.

Funny story - one of the couples there has already heard Tim preach, and he did the funeral for her grandmother. Also, we just found out today the one of the men there is a brother to a dear couple that we have know from our years way back living in Lansing at our home congregation. Small world!