It's a Journey

Three weeks from today we will wake up in our new home.

What a journey this has been.  Listing this house for sale.  Waiting.  And waiting.  And waiting some more.  Wondering if these "lookers" will become "buyers".  Thinking yes.  Then no.  Then maybe.  Then disappointment.  And then waiting some more.  Until finally the right ones came along.  What a journey!

Over these last months, and particularly in the last few weeks, I've been asked a lot of questions.  Where are you moving?  When are you moving?  Why are you moving?

The where is to Spartanburg.  Back to our home state.  Back to the city of my birth.

The when is now obvious.  In less than three weeks.  At the end of this month.

The why is a bit more complicated to answer.  Not that we don't know the why, but just that it's a rather lengthy answer.  There are a number of reasons why we're doing this.  But the bottom line answer, the this-sums-it-all-up answer, is that we are moving because this is what God is leading us to do.

We are following where God leads.  As we have done for all these years. 

That following has led us on a journey around the country.  A journey that has not always been easy, but that has been so worth it.  A journey of obedience, because many years ago we made a commitment to follow wherever the Lord would lead us.
Because we said wherever He leads, I'll go.

When we said that all those years ago, we had no idea where our journey would take us.  To the Rocky Mountains.  To New England.  To the Upper Midwest and the frozen tundra of Minnesota!  To the beauty of Florida.  To these mountains.  And now back to where we started.

What a journey!  But whether or not we had lived in all these different locations, life would still be a journey.  Full of beautiful scenery.  With some smooth, straight roads.  And some narrow, winding roads.  And some potholes.  Some hills to climb.  And then coast down the other side.

Life is a journey.  Full of all kinds of interesting adventures.  A journey of laughter.  And of tears.  Of days that are busy, full of hustle and bustle.  And days that are quiet.
With some sickness and some health.  And some better and some worse.  Some richer and some poorer.  It's all part of the journey.

And throughout the journey, for those of us who know and love the Lord, He is working all things together for our good. (Romans 8:28).  For our good and for His glory.

All because we have made a commitment that wherever He leads, I'll go.

 

"Take up thy cross and follow Me,"

I heard my Master say;

"I gave my life to ransom thee;

Surrender your all today."

Wherever He leads, I'll go;

Wherever He leads, I'll go;

I'll follow my Christ who loves me so;

Wherever He leads, I'll go.

 

(-B.B. McKinney)