Embracing a New Moment

As of tomorrow we will all be here at the Indy Training Center. The entire family (11 of us anyway)...for a time at least! And why will we be here? We'll be here, simply, to serve. And not so simply, "For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ." Ephesians 4:12. We'll be here to pursue with a passion the advancement of the kingdom of Christ. Of course, that was our purpose back in our lil' home in Pennsylvania too, but the Lord has directed us elsewhere...for a time at least!

I asked the Lord for a rhema to hold to as my family prepared their hearts for the new challenges and excitement of living and serving at the ITC, and He gave me Jeremiah 32:37-41,

Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them...and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety. They shall be My people, and I will be their God; and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Of course, this was intended as a promise of the Lord for the children of Israel, but I know that the Lord is going to gather my family together, give us one heart and vision, do us good, and plant us in this land with all of the love and passion of His heart and His soul. That is so beautiful to meditate on--when the Lord does something with ALL of His heart we can be absolutely certain that it will be incredible and beyond anything that we can imagine!

And so we're embracing a new moment and living to the hilt this situation that we believe to be the will of God for our family...