Moving With God

by Barbara Chadwick

A UHaul truck just went past my house. Into my brain came so many pictures of past moves - the packing, the boxes, the emotions, the adjustments. I wonder if it was any easier for Sarai? When Abram came in and said, we're going to a land that God will show us, did her mind go into high gear, thinking about all that had to be done? Did her emotions go into some higher dimension with questions that had no answers?

They were nomadic people. We have that in common with them. American society is very fluid.

Abram (later God changed his name to Abraham) always carried his faith with him. He never packed it away to be carried by a camel. It was steady in his heart. Hopefully, as christians we will do the same.

This is the command . . ., Moses said, the Lord, your God has instructed me to teach you so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter... Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:1-9

So as we go let us carry God's word in our hearts and in our hands. And please remember to join a church with a group of other believers in your new land. You will be encouraged and strengthened by other christians who believe as you do. People who practice their faith, who carry it with them into halls of their occupations and into the marketplace.

You know how you have to call and reserve the UHaul truck specifying the size and type? Wouldn't it be neat if we could also order the kind of picture we want on the truck? A picture of a family reading God's word together or entering a church together. Or maybe we could order the scripture above from Deuteronomy to be painted on the sides. :)

When you pass a UHaul truck on the road, say a little prayer for the family that their faith would sustain them and their transition would go smoothly and they would find a church to join.