I heard Susan Miller on the radio almost 9 years ago and wrote the title of your book down, but never got it. When my sister-in-law asked me this past Christmas what I wanted I said, "Susan Miller's book After the Boxes are Unpacked." I'm just about done with it and have to tell you what a blessing it has been to me!!!!
My husband is an Army chaplain. When we first came in the Army it was fun to move around. But now, with 3 little ones, I'm finding it to be emotionally, physically, and spiritually draining. We moved 21 months ago. My 3rd child was only 7 weeks. Six months later, my husband left for a deployment to Iraq. Two months after he returns we are to move to S. Carolina for more chaplain school. That move will only be 6 months long and then we move again just before Christmas. Location will be unknown to us until this fall.
I agree, there is so much I enjoy about moving, but so much I don't like as well. I've been journaling a lot and submitting everything before the Lord as I have been reading your book and His Word. This morning, I was reading your words on chapter 16, "...give yourself a big HUG from me...you are going to be all right...I believe in you...I am confident in who you are...you are going to make it...you have already come this far...you are a different person from the inside out...you have taken the time to examine your life, to address your heart, and to get a new perspective on your move." Can I say THANK YOU for your love, encouragement, and affirmation!
I have been meditating on some of my favorite verses day in and day out (Philippians 4:13, Philippians 4:6-7, 1 Peter 5:7, Lamentations 3:22-23, and Psalm 23). The Lord continues to give me His peace and is guiding me through many decisions that I face during this move (what part of town should we live in, what home school group should I join, etc). I can trust Him because He loves me and has never failed us. I would like to have all the answers soon, but I'm trusting that His timing will be perfect. I am embracing this move and thanking God already for how He has stretched me and is again teaching me to depend on Him. He is really my stability and is all-sufficient. I'm continuing to pray that as the heat gets turned up and the dates get closer, that I will continue to rest in Him.
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