and so it begins

Part of my prayer in coming to London was that i would be challenged and uprooted from my confort zone. When you think of London you dont really think that it would be a challenge like that... But it is and I am so glad.

Its not like moving to a third world country of course but it has already challenged my materialism and my sense of what I am entitled to.

When we arrived in London we arrived at our house and through no fault of anyone our lights did not work and neither did the hot water and our house was small. I knew it was going to be but i was still shocked.

Due to being over tired and overwhelmed I cried over these things. And i was a little irritated.

Then the Lord gently chastised me for my hypocrisy. Did you not sign up for this? Why are you caught up in trivial things? You have a beautiful house and its your problem that you bought to many things to fill it.

God said to me on Day one...this journey will be a blessing but I will strip you of things in your life that hold you back from truly serving me.

So it begins and I praise God for that.

PS Here is the thing, it is the most beautiful house...i love it so much. We have been so blessed and so well taken care of. I am so deeply ashamed of how "things and where I was going to put them" took center stage that first day.

We also got to spend two weeks with Ashishs parents which was amazing. In my irritation I could have missed that blessing.

We have nothing at all to complain about.

So it begins....the stripping away...Lord have your way.