Mourning to Laughter

Dempster and I got home at 12:30. I went to clinic, and he slept in. Now I’m taking him to meet my mom halfway, and then coming back for my evening class. I’m leaving for Ohio tomorrow, and he’s staying with my mom till next weekend. I’ll miss him. 😦

I made an important decision. At least I think I did. It was a hard decision, so I’m still praying about it and considering, and hoping to talk to some trusted advisors about it a little more. It involves whether to keep trying to pursue being back in fellowship with my old ecclesia in Arkansas, or to let it go again. This stuff is hard, and I have bouts of being really sad and pessimistic about it all. But I know God is in control, and I trust Him to continue leading me on this journey. I feel like I’m mourning NLR all over again, now that I’m back in Arkansas and still not able to be with my brethren there. But God turns mourning to laughter – ultimately in the Kingdom, but in the short term too. So I won’t stay sad for too long. Probably because I’ll trip over my own feet at some time today, and that will make me laugh.

I wish this wasn’t the week I won’t have my puppy with me though.