THE PRODIGAL PARENTS

As we grow older, Jerry and I are aware of how much we miss our family in the North.  We've lived in the warmer climate for about 17 years now, going back north at Christmastime and once each summer.  But we miss our kids, our grandkids and now our little Great-grandgirl, Scarlet.  We are missing out on so much and our bones still ache in whatever climate we live.  So this new decision caused us to ask a real estate lady who knows this area well to come in and give us the news.  "What is our property worth?" we asked her.  It came up short of our hopes, so ...now what?

Do we forget about leaving? Will we be able to afford a nice, cozy place in which to spend our eighties? What does this mean to our plans?  Our disappointment was showing and becoming fear.

Well, God speaks to me through His word, so I got my bible open to the pages assigned for Feb. 25.  Mark 4:40 spoke of the disciples in the midst of a terrible storm on Lake Galilee, worried and afraid while Jesus slept in the bow of the boat.  They awakened him  and he reprimanded them, saying,  "Why are you such  cowards?  Don't you have any faith at all?"

They were afraid, too, just as I was feeling. I'm afraid our house here won't sell quickly and for what we think we will need to buy another in the north.  And I hear in my mind, "Don't you have any faith at all?"

Yes, I do!  I have faith in Christ Jesus. I have faith in the will of God. The power of the Father and the Son is enough for me.  But I don't have too much faith in myself. And it occurred to me...that's where I was looking, thinking, and imagining...within myself.

If this move is the will of God, the power of God is in place.  And we won't need to worry ourselves about it at all.  All we need to do is accept whatever He prepares for us and call those in the north and here in the desert and get the balls rolling, wherever and however those balls take us. God knows better how to play this "game" than we do, I'm thinking.

So, whatever we get for this house will be enough to find us another. So do we have faith?  Yes, we do.  Enough to move mountains.  But I don't think we'll have to move any mountains, do you?

Whatever God sayeth, we'll say, "Thus sayeth the Lord!"  And thank you, God, for faith in You.

I'll keep you posted!  Jo