Life

Life.
How to make it slow down.
Can it slow down?
Oh, to live the life we lived in London.
How to get back to Narnia.
Will we ever return?
The loving arms around us.
Loving arms loving back.
The kisses on both cheeks, again and again.
Celebrating with brothers and sisters in His colorful world.
London fog?
What fog?
All we saw was Sonshine!

How do we get that back?
Can we have that back?
May we have that back?
Serving here.
Serving there.
Driving quickly, or we'll be late!
Take a bus.
You'll get there when you get there.
Saying no in a world demanding yes.
In a church expecting yes.
In a life wanting to say yes,
Needing to say no.
How to say no.
How?
I knew my neighbors in London more than I know them here.

We had time to serve in London.
Time to give in London.
Time to have time in London.
My kids want to go back.
We want to go back.
Life was incredibly, surprisingly, wonderful there.
Life as a family.
LIfe in our community.
Welcoming all.
Being welcomed by all.
Hoping to see a neighbor on our way
to the train,
to the bus,
to the underground.
Financial struggles
Learning to cope
Learning to love
Learning to care
Liking it all
Loving it all.
I want that here
To be available
Free
Ready for anything
Narnia ~ the gift that keeps on giving

Priorities?
God
Family
Church

God is the easy part
Family before church may be the struggle
Family matters more
Church must come after family
Even if Church wants me here and there

God first is not church first
They are very different

God
Family
Church

Let's see how that works ~ really works . . .