Looking Homewards

My room has been lovingly messy since September. And while not to say that it isn’t still covered with papers and flyers and maps, as I look around it begins to feel a tad bit bare and sterile. It is June 1st and with the change in month comes a change in place for me. I am beginning to pack up my life here in the Czech Republic in order to move on to L’abri in Switzerland (http://www.labri.org/) where I will pass the next month and a half. I will spend the summer studying God’s Word in a commune-like setting, trying to live simply and be still for a time before heading back to the States on July 14th.

While I am thankful for the opportunity and blessing I know this summer will bring, I cannot help but be sad as it means I must leave what has become my life and my home here in the city of Brno. It was beautiful.

Blessings, such as this past year, are gifts from the Lord which He chooses to give and He chooses to take back. Who is the recipient to demand what and for how long they will have something which is not theirs to begin with? No, instead, we turn to the good Father who we trust with it all, knowing by personal experience and deep assurance that He is our Father and He is good (Matthew 7:9-11). We sit in His presence, proclaiming that He is enough.