Move To Your Future

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. - Ephesians 4:32

I am still in the process of learning HOW to accomplish a lifestyle I have wanted to adopt for many years.  In my life I have moved something like 40 times -- enough times that I don't even want to go through the mental effort to remember or count them all.  My desire every time I've been faced with a move is to moan the fact that I'm not more nomadic; meaning, I would like to have a whole lot less stuff to lug around.  Ideally, I could roll up my tent and be on the road within an hour.  If you saw my house right now you would know what a ridiculous pipe dream this is!  Beyond the physical items occupying the space I call home is a multitude of different things from the past I carry within me too.

A Celtic Prayer

Bless me, O my Christ,

Be Thou my shield protecting me.

Aid my steps in the pitiful swamp,

Lead Thou me to the life eternal;

Aid my steps in the pitiful swamp,

Lead Thou me to the life eternal

Keep Thou me in the presence of God,

O good and gracious Son of the Virgin,

And fervently I pray Thy strong protection

From my rising at day to my lying down at dusk;

And fervently I pray Thy strong protection

From my lying down at dusk to my rising at day.

--Celtic Devotions by Calvin Miller

Look for God's Face

¹Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!

Make his doings known among the peoples.

²Sing to him, sing praises to him!

Tell of all his marvelous works.

³Glory in his holy name.

Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

⁴Seek Yahweh and his strength.

Seek his face forever more.

⁵Remember his marvelous works that he has done;

His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. -- Psalm 105:1-5

I'd like to direct you to look at the whole of Psalm 105.   In verse 4, the Psalmist says, "Seek his face."  My first thought was, "Well, how can you see God's face?"  Then, I read the rest of the chapter.  The 105th Psalm is a recitation of all the places God upheld the people in His covenant with them.  I think the Psalmist is telling us that when we look backwards at our life story we see God's face and hand upon us.  "Remember his marvelous works that he has done...."  So, to see God's face today, take a piece of paper and try writing down your own free verse poem, or make a bullet list of all the things in your life where you can see God working in your life.