Moving...Phase 2

   The packing and pod-filling, the vacuuming and cleaning behind the refrigerator, the ordering of the second pod and filling that, the saying "good bye" to friends, the actual leaving my daughter and grandchildren, and crying, the driving to Atlanta to see some family and celebrate my new adventure, and then the drive to my new city are over. I am here. Saturday at noon, well, 12:15, I arrived at my sister's.
   Since I am staying with my her, we are both trying to wrap our minds around the fact that this is not a visit. I am here. In her house. Getting to know Charlotte as my new home. 
   Today, Labor Day, I had the scary thought again, "what have you done?". You gave up you familiar life. You left your friends. You left your kids. You won't see them anytime you want to. YIKES!!
   As quickly as that seeped into my brain, I thought, "Wait a minute. God is still in control." Yesterday at church, I listened to the sermon on "Preparation" and felt that I have been being prepared for this change in my life. I heard that getting prepared is harder than doing the thing (test, vacation, basball game, for instance) we're preparing for. We train hard, or we study hard, or we do all the things that are required to take a vacation.
   In life, we get to the point where God has taken us (prepared us) but we still have to take that next step of trust. And then I realized. Trust. That is my word. Do I trust Him enough that I'd leave my family and friends to do this thing that I still don't know what it is? Yes. This part, the continued preparation, is all part of the plan. Selling my house. Good part. Waiting to close. Hard part. Getting to live with one of my sisters. Really good part. Missing my kids/friends. Really bad part.
    So as I go forward, I need prayers to be willing to trust. Trust that I'll know what God has for me to do. Trust that I'll get through this "what have I done?" phase. Trust that I'll have enough money to keep me till I find a job. Trust that I'll know what to buy for a home and when to buy said home. 
   Now I think of that song again. "Trust and obey, for there's no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey." Hmmmm, three years ago, I sang this song in my kitchen. Guess I need to sing it again.