Saturday, September 03, 2005
I am settling in to my new surroundings; same job different place. It is a challenge each time to go to a new facility and have all new people and places and things so often. While I personally struggle with the change I see it as a training ground in the Father's hands. He is moding and shaping my family for our future. He will use all of our experiences in moving and packing and moving, meeting new people and encouraging one antother as a family unit as well as all the (probably), even more intricate things we go through with our frequent moves. One in particular is the internal training we are all getting in identifying and learning to control our emotions. It is one way we are NOT like animals. We have the ability as humans to feel one thing and not allow it to direct our actions. Just because we FEEL afraid of our circumstances, or nervous, or excited, does not mean we have to respond to those feelings. Self control has NEVER been one of my strong points. The Lord is teaching me this along the way. HE is good..................all the time! HE uis training me to ACT and not re-act; now THAT is a blessing! I look forward to seeing some of my extended family while here in VT. It is already getting cold around here and they say it may get to the 30's tonight.....oh boy. The good thing is we have an awesome place to live here! We welcome visitors to come and stay for a while. Plenty of room! WE will be stoking the fireplace up soon..............a fireplace; something my wife always wanted to have!
Daniel