.1 on the Richter Scale?

I've had a little bit of earth shaking stuff going on in my life. Well, not earth shaking. Just shaking MY life. And, I think it's all preparation for going out of the country. God is getting me ready to trust Him for bigger things.

So, this past week has looked like this: Last Thursday, (a week ago today) our oldest daughter called to say that the next day she might lose her job. It happened on Friday. A bandaid cannot fix this.

Then, Friday, our youngest came home in his car and the car quit working. In front of our house. And, the mechanic is telling us it's funeral time for the car. So, we're down one car in the household. Not traumatic...just a little shake in my life. Three drivers; two cars. These three people going to Mongolia now need to communicate together even more to become a team to get each other to their daily destinations.

This week, our oldest, middlest daughter called from college to say she has a nasty bug (you know, the kind that 30% of the U.S. citizens have right now). Some flu bug. My heart wants to take care of her. But, it's comforting to hear of her support from her boyfriend and best friend as they nurse her with juice and a thermometer and zinc lozenges.

So, I'm learning more about Matthew 11:30: "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."

I also think of how Jesus had disappointments and discouragements and longings. These things which are happening are so minor (just feel major to the ones going through them)...but I think of how I can enter into learning a tiny bit more about Him as I filter these incidences through this verse: "that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death...." Phil. 3:10

He wants me to look at things from His perspective. How refreshing. It sure does put things "in perspective". He has suffered deeply for me to have new life. Now, I want to walk in that new life. That's the "power of His resurrection". And, sometimes it takes a few hours or days to come around to that point, doesn't it?