Monday

As we continue to make order out of chaos, I am reminded about how important it is to be able to organize one's life. We continue to have a relatively few boxes yet to unpack and yet it was only yesterday that we found our silverware. One thing that this can do is make one creative in how we are able to handle things ie. like eating oatmeal out of mixing bowls with plastic spoons.

My office is now my priority. We have the bedrooms set up, our living room mostly together, our family room with many paths, kitchen and bathrooms done. I am also working to prepare for my sermon this Sunday. I did find out that the radio station KBRB streams the service on air and on the computer starting at 11.

As I prepare and finish up the last few boxes, I have contemplated the scripture from Isaiah regarding doing a new thing. For truly this is a new time, with a new church, that happens on July 4th a time that we celebrate the birth of a new nation. This is also the 50th year from the first time an USA flag was flown over Philadelphia with 50 stars. A series of new times and places we remember. The important part of this is that we do not become complacent and not continue to see the new possibilities that God provides for us. So celebrate the remembrances but also prepare for the new the springs forth before us.