Moving

Can I just tell you another thing I love about staying in Brussels? My global calls are at lunchtime, instead of 7 AM like when I'm in Detroit!

Oh well, I'm up now with a cup of coffee, listening to the rain and just taking a few minutes to exhale. It's been a great, albeit busy, week so far in Michigan and isn't likely to let up before I get on the plane back to Brussels on Saturday.

The days have been full of errand running, appointment meeting (no cavities!), a little bit of working and a lot of everyday-memory making with some of the folks I hold most dear.

The best moments are sometimes the most simple....sitting around a table at Potbellies with a collection of pals...smelling a bazillion different soaps at Bath & Body with your BFF...starting to climb a fence with your 6-year old godson (before a moment of sanity hits you and you realize that even cool Auntie Jodi has to draw the line somewhere!)...wandering the yard with your Mom and seeing her beautiful gardens...hanging with your homies in the 'hood just like old times, only with the awesome addition of their precious baby boy...hugging Bea, your favorite barista at the organic bakery out your back door...catching up with your downstairs neighbor who is a fancy-pants lawyer now (but don't let it fool you!)...with many more warm memories logged in my heart.

I received an email from my old friend Jessy this morning. And, as usual, her timing is impeccable. She was sharing some of the really good stuff God is doing in her world...and included this verse from John, where Jesus was talking to the Pharisees and trying to explain who He is...

"...If I, in false modesty, said I didn't know what was going on, I would be as much of a liar as you are. But I do know, and I am doing what he says..." John 8:55ish (the message)

It made me reflect on some of the ways God is moving in my life too right now. I can't lie--sometimes it seems a little crazy and from time to time scary, but honestly, when I'm clinging tight to Jesus, it's a whole lot exciting.

Father, thanks for giving me hope. Thanks letting me do life with You and with my sweet friends. Thanks for your grace that covers over my weaknesses. And help me to obey.