I write from our new house, which we’ve been in since Wednesday. “In” is probably not the right word. We are in it, along with hundreds of boxes, that of this writing are not all opened, and certainly not all put away. Little by little…

Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. (Exodus 23.30, ESV)

In a ministry update letter, I requested prayer for an “uneventful move” the same way I often request prayer for uneventful travel. A friend responded:

How can I pray for an “uneventful” move, Bob, when, by its very nature this is a major event?

He’s right. I should have asked for “no major negative surprises” or something like that. (And we had that – a few minor glitches only.)

It’s been difficult, but progress is being made. Another friend who has moved twice in the last couple of years said,

You will survive.

She was here Friday helping us unpack. Another friend was helping unpack Thursday, and my son Mark who lives in the area (and is our real estate agent) is working very hard on both sides – the moving out and the moving in. So we will survive…because we have help!

And despite all the things we have given away, we still have too much stuff! Giveaway boxes are already full. The new house features walk-in closets for both of us, and I can barely get my clothes into it. I told June, “If I can’t get my clothes into this closet, I have too many clothes.” And I do, a lot of which I don’t wear…

Anyway, it will all come together soon. We love the new house, and the first person I “met” in the neighborhood turned out to be someone we’d met before. We share a lifelong relationship with another couple. A blessing.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (James 1.17, ESV)

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5.18, NKJV)