God is amazing how he reaches out to you. It was an emotional morning walking through the old wood shop I grew up in the day before we close on it…

I came home and unloaded some things that I just thought I couldn’t leave behind. Grace got out and ran to the neighbor’s house. They came out to let me know. She’s hard to miss. Big frantic white dog sniffing everything as fast as possible.

Little background. He is British and she is Chinese. They are an awesome couple and we are blessed to have them next door. I was invited in for the first time.  I’ve never had English Tea or Ginseng root and had them both in the same sitting. And.. out of nowhere I’m learning bible verses in Chinese. Here is the Divine message: they showed me how they crossed oceans leaving everything behind, with only their suitcases in hand. Here I was worried about leaving a tiny piece of wood or a some memory. They literally left it all! It put things in perspective. You never know where God will lead you and you have to be willing to make that journey no matter how difficult or far. No matter what you have to leave behind… It may be just 45 minutes up the road or across an ocean. Thank you Lord for letting Grace get out. I needed that message today.

(originally posted on February 3, 2017 on divinecrosses.com)