We are moving this weekend.  I don’t hate many things but I absolutely hate moving.  I love living in a new place and relocating but the moving process is my kryptonite.  We are moving about 3 miles from where we live now.  I know…..it’s going to be hard getting used to a new location.  We are officially withdrawing from apartment life.  We aren’t buying yet but the 4 sets of stairs between me and my car have pushed me to the edge.  Sometimes I get home and want to just sleep in my car rather than walk up all those stairs.  Lazy right?

I rented the biggest truck Uhaul offers.  I think it may have more square feet than our apartment but at least we won’t be making two trips.  Oh the joy of moving…..

Really, we are super grateful for the apartment we’ve had for the last year and a half.  Brentwood Oaks Apartments have been great to us and there are some really great people living here.

Am I alone in my hatred of moving?

This blows my mind and pumps me up……….

¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners, ^[a]

² to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,

³ and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called mighty oaks,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.

⁵ Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

⁶ And you will be called priests of the LORD,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.

⁷ Instead of your shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.

⁸ “For I, the LORD, love justice;
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant with them.

⁹ Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the LORD has blessed.”

¹⁰ I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

¹¹ For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.

Things have been very busy lately.

I went home last weekend to have a meeting with Integrity Worldwide.  We had a great weekend hanging out with family and talking about what God has been doing.

I hoped I would not get to write about this subject again but we found out Friday afternoon that it happened again.  Another person was murdered at our apartment complex.  That is 2 people in 3 months.  It wasn’t a random murder but a murder is a murder as far as we are concerned.  Thankfully, we had already put in our notice to move and will be out of here on Sunday of this week.

No we are packing up everything to move on Sunday.  As expected, we have way more stuff than we thought we did and the boxes are piling up in the living room/dining room/kitchen/foyer (that’s why we are moving).  We will still be in the same area but in a townhouse instead of an apartment.

Tomorrow night is our last rehearsal for the Cancer Society benefit that is coming up in two weeks.  The concert should be cool.  I’ll give you a heads up about the show as it gets closer.  Heather and I will drive to Selma right after the concert and then to the beach the next day for awhile.  Vacation is so exciting.

Oh yeah, I’m selling my Fender American Deluxe P Bass to get an Fender American Standard Jazz Bass…..Want my bass?  I’ll give it to you for $950.