Say Goodbye

Not to us...not yet, but very, VERY soon.

Rather, say goodbye to what you thought your life would be like.  Say goodbye to the dreams that you had for your life good, bad or indifferent.

Mike and I just sold our home of almost 18 years.  After the big move on Wednesday, well it only took us a couple of hours so maybe it wasn't that big,  we watched our couches go (the last thing).  We stood in our empty and very dirty house and felt overwhelmed.  We had purchased our house with dreams of raising a family there.  It wasn't to be in the Lord and now we saw the end of those dreams in this place.  

So on Thursday we went to clean the house, and when I say it was dirty I'm being very nice.  Some of that furniture was heavy and hadn't been moved since we placed it there.  We spent 4 1/2 hours cleaning and praying over that house.  We prayed that God would bless the people that have purchased it as He blessed us.  We prayed that there would be laughter and joy in it as we have had.  We prayed that God would make this house a safe place for many as He has done all the years we have been there.

For those of you who offered to help us clean.  THANK YOU!  We didn't accept anyone's offers because this was our time to say goodbye to our house and to all the dreams that went into the purchasing of it.  There wasn't anything wrong with the dreams that we dreamed they were just not what God intended for us.  

Today we signed the final papers and now we are no longer home owners.  We were just as apprehensive as when we signed the closing papers when we purchased the house.  (Only this time I didn't throw up!)  But then a curious thing happened, Mike turned to me and said, "I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off me."  I felt the same way.  As we said goodbye to our dreams for ourselves, we said hello even more fully to God's dreams for us.

Matthew 11:28 says, "Come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." May I say that some of what is "heavy laden" on us is what we place on ourselves by shouldering our dreams and those that others have for us rather than just giving them to the Lord and letting Him take care of all of it for us.

God's dreams for us are massively more than we could ever, EVER dream for ourselves.  They are far beyond the small spheres in which we place ourselves and encompass all that He is.  May God grant you a time to say hello to all that He has dreamed for you.

Next move....SCOTLAND!!

Blessings on you all,

Mike and Tina Hook