After our move, inactivity (and reproducing laundry piles) just about kept me depressed from Dec to April. I am an active girl, I usually have my activity brushes in about 12 pots of color at a time: homeschooling, church, praise team, studies, volunteering with children, working with young teens and adults….well you get the picture. After moving there was a sudden lull that lasted for months. Yes I went to newcomers meetings, to church, to this and to that….but the more I tried, the less I fit. God seemed to be saying “no” to whatever I prayed about doing. When I cried for friends He would quietly say “I am all you need, come closer” When I would sqeal that I couldn’t stand the walls of the house ANY longer He said “Learn to be content in all things” Pretty humbling and pretty frustrating for the girl who likes to make a plan and do it. It was a time of rest, of restructuring, of preparing apparently and I tried to be obedient to the direction. By April, though, it was flat not fun anymore. I can so see now, in June, when the whole world around me is spinning on two axis that He had that planned slow time in place for a reason. I would need to be fresh to face all that this summer has brought. There are still a lot of days when I simply wish He’d ask to see my datebook and we could get on the same page… (nah….I’m not still struggling with that “who’s in charge thing….not me…..why would you think that????? lol)

Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.