His delight: US

A dear friend sent us this verse on moving day Saturday:

“He sent from on high, He took me;

He drew me out of many waters.

He delivered me from the strong enemy,

and from those who confronted me in the day of my calamity,

and the Lord, He was my stay.

He brought me forth into a spacious place;

He rescued me, because He delighted in me.”

Psalm 18:16-19.

What a beautiful image for these last few days, and as you can see, He has indeed brought us into a spacious place! Our new home is just overwhelmingly gorgeous, with gorgeous views from all windows of flowers and mountains, new neighbors who have already greeted us so warmly and helped us repeatedly, even long into the night, and even a patient watchdog for Lily.

Monday morning, two friends from Sharptown Church joined us, and it is wonderful to have a home large enough to house guests in!

(notice Lily checking out Jack and Don, helping us get hot water!)Thank you all for your prayers for a busy busy weekend. We are still working out the kinks that come with working 20-30 minutes away from where we live (welcome to America, right ?), sharing a vehicle, lack of internet, totting Lily all about, having visitors, having colds, remembering everything, etc. We cannot seem to get started early enough to not be pressed!

However He reminded me in my women’s Bible study this morning that “Those who put their confidence in Him are like Mount Zion.” We CAN be going through a transitional, busy time and still be unshaken if we are firmly planted in He who cannot be shaken.

Don’t get me wrong, we need to continue to work on prioritizing, and we need to see if there are some things we can change/delegate/stop/discontinue until the Seminary joins us, but we can ALWAYS be still in our hearts…can always choose HIM to be Lord even now, even in this…He is our STAY.

We are reveling in His delight of us: not because of what we do, how we do it, who we know, how we live, who we help, where we go, or how hard we try…but because we are His.