continuing to prepare

We are halfway into 2014

the year for which I was given 

the OneWord

prepare

I wrote about it here

as the year began

saying:

There is work to be done, but not in our own power.  

Only in Him can we accomplish anything.  

I am still learning to relax into the work He has already done

the work He is doing and

and the work yet for us to do

the first half of the year

the preparation was heart

and spirit deep

while we were learning to wait

now the pace has quickened

near frantic it seems

until I stop to breathe in Him

remembering to release

the small and the big details

as we pack things for storage

visit the medical clinic

presenting first one

then the other

arm for injections

vaccines to prepare our bodies

I make lists

of things yet to be done

and ponder the pain pricks

of farewells soon to come

the heart deep work will begin anew

on foreign soil

as this year ends and another begins

His Kingdom come

His will be done

in Canada

in Africa

in us all

 
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