a new thing.

there's this poignant chapter in isaiah, somewhere in the 40s as far as chapters go (i'm writing this quickly before breakfast, so no time to find the actual reference), in which the LORD tells his people about doing a new thing and making a new way post-exile. they longed for the times before the exile and for the memories they had of what life was supposed to be like.

i find myself in that place right now. i'm definitely not saying i just went through an exile or anything crazy like that! what i am saying is that it is difficult not to long for things in the past.  camp wise, i love my staff this year...part of my heart is still (and probably will always be) in philadelphia though. i'm working through that and trying to let God do a new thing.  

i will find myself in that place after camp.  i can lie to myself during camp and let myself believe that i am only here for the summer and then will return to columbia and BCM and the familiar.  however...that is a lie.  one that will become evidently false when i prepare to physically move myself to alabama (by myself, i mean only myself. and my clothes. my stuff is already there).  God is trying to do something new, but i'm too hung up on what He did in the past and the comfort there to allow Him to move in the present and the future. now, doesn't that sound stupid?

so...embrace the new-ness of life. every day. memories are wonderful things...but more are created every day, so...make them!  remember God was faithful, and because He was faithful in that comfortable place--He will continue to be faithful.  that's the cry of my heart this morning and what i want myself to live by.