Sitting in the Chicago Airport

Well I am sitting in the Chicago airport just waiting for my flight to board for Europe. It is crazy how you can compartmentalize your life and not really think about the next step until it is upon you. As I was flying I thought about how I sold my car, shut the door to my house and put stuff in storage. Basically all I have is what I can carry. I guess it is freeing, a little scary and very heavy. Yes I had to pay for a bag that weighed over 60 lbs. Really I am not sure what to expect. As I head into this next step I am just trusting the Lord and leaning on the direction He has given me. The only thing I know for sure is that moving is a lot of work. I cannot imagine where all that stuff came from. It kind of reminds me of how God removes stuff from our lives. Once the big stuff is gone you have to go through all the drawers and hidden places in closets and decide what is worth keeping, what needs to be given away and what needs to be thrown away. Then the cleaning can begin. The place then becomes ready for the next occupant. I can see where God does that in our lives as well. He gets in our hearts and challenges us to clean house (surrender all to him) for Him to come in and do the work of cleaning house so He can set up residence. It seems like throughout our lives there are times where He is getting ready to move in our lives and begins the process and then something happens and He really goes to town. I guess I hope my heart is less cluttered than my house and I am so amazed at how gracious God is to go into our lives and deal with all the junk and love us so immensely. Well I guess that is it for now. Hopefully there will be a good movie on the flight.