It Will Pass (Take 2)

So, I'm back to where I started this day...

"It will pass."

I wonder how many times I'll have to tell myself that?

That the stress will pass.

That the good things should be deeply enjoyed, because they, too, are often fleeting.

It will pass. The panic, the fear, the stress, the desperate wondering when things are going to come together the way I'd hoped, and a sense of stability and security will return, all of these will pass, and I'll be at rest again.

Back to House Hunting

So... the house we'd lined up has fallen through, and we're now in a bit more of a rush to find someplace to live at the end of the month.

Long and short is, the previous tenants had left a disaster in the house, including a ton of furniture we don't want. The landlord we were going to rent from found a family that will take the house as is, and needs the furniture. She doesn't have to pay someone to empty and clean the house if she rents to this person instead of us.

So, we're back to the hunting stage...

I managed to line up one viewing for tonight, immediately after work, and I've printed a bunch of ads that I'll call this evening.

Praying for this to be settled very soon.

I think I might engage in a little "retail therapy" tonight. I have some things I need to pick up, and shopping just might do the trick in the "burning off some sudden stress" category!

Whispers from my Inbox

Some tidbits that arrived in my email inbox this morning...

From the Moravian Daily Texts:

You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand has supported me. Psalm 18:35

Thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession. 2 Corinthians 2:14

Father, you are our salvation, our strength, and our shield. Answer us in the day of trouble; send us help from your holy place. Come in the glory of your saving light and shine upon our pathways. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

From John Fischer's "Catch of the Day":

I wanted to get all wet. I wanted to identify with the death and resurrection of Jesus and I wanted to identify with my new family in Christ.

When you are baptized you go down. You put yourself in the hands of someone else and they fold you back under the water. Now they could keep you there and you'd really die, but they pull you back out as a symbol of your death to your old way of living, and your rising to a new way of life trusting in the Spirit of God. And there is great joy in this.

You go down a sinner and come up saved. You go down guilty and come up forgiven. You go down dead and come up alive. You go down alone; you come up in the family of God. It's really a big deal. If it hasn't happened to you, you need to consider it. If it has, you need to remember.

That's a big part of this—remembering. Whenever you are tempted to doubt your faith, remember. Whenever you think that God could never forgive you, remember. Whenever you are tempted, remember. Whenever you think you are alone, remember. It happened to you in time and space. You were baptized into this new life and you have witnesses. Just as Jesus was crucified and raised again at a point in time in the real world, you were identified with Him as well, and with all those who have believed in Him from all time all over the world.

It Will Pass

I received this joke in my email today. It made me chuckle with the sheer truth of the way life works!

A student went to his meditation teacher and said, "My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I'm constantly falling asleep. It's just horrible!" "It will pass," the teacher said matter-of-factly.

A week later, the student came back to his teacher. "My meditation is wonderful! I feel so aware, so peaceful, so alive! It's just wonderful!" "It will pass," the teacher replied matter-of-factly.