After having just returned from an overwhelming experience at a high school open house, peace is a notion that is just out of my reach. What book can I compare this to? I honestly have no idea. The funny thing is my kids are just fine. They maneuvered the halls effortlessly, dodged oncoming pedestrian traffic with a few quick moves, and even pointed out the "bathrooms of choice" due to the availability of actual doors on the stalls. I just keep thinking, "What on earth are we doing here?"
You see, none of this was in my plan. I had everything figured out a long time ago... a home that I loved, family just a few blocks away, a job that I never thought possible. One stoplight was plenty for me and the convenience of completing all my errands with just a walk around town? Priceless. The kids were thriving in a small, Christian school and their biggest problem (as I can recall) was a missing belt buckle at school. Now it's i-pods being swiped, shoves here and there, and teachers saying things like, "Stuff is gonna get stolen. Get use to it. Get a lock." And I won't even get started on the traffic situation. Good grief. What have we done?
Thankfully, a book has come to mind. For several years I read one chapter in it every day. In fact, when this great adventure that will forever be known as The Move came about, I began the habit of carrying a white handkerchief in my purse. When those overwhelming feelings would threaten to consume me (kinda like tonight), I would raise that white "flag" in surrender and think on that one verse from that one book that will forever be etched on my heart: "Many are the plans that are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand." Proverbs 19:21
Oh, and here's another one: "What, what would have become of me had I not believed that I would see the Lord's goodness in the land of the living!" Psalm 27:13
Guess I had a book in mind after all.
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