Too Old To Move

Moving is for much younger people than I. We have moved into our new home, and I have decided that I will never ask someone this question for the first three months after they have moved: “Are you all settled down?” Of course we are not settled down. Boxes and plastic containers are everywhere.

Plus, there are four workers inside the house today working on the “punch list.” We are wondering if and when we will ever get this house clean enough so that we can finish unpacking boxes, arrange furniture, hang things on the wall and get our rugs out of our closets and onto the floors.

Having lived in eight states and six other countries during our marriage and changing houses frequently, one would think that moving would be a breeze for us. However, two weeks ago we moved from our farm, Ton Tenga, where we had been living for the longest period of time during our marriage—14+ years. During those years we have accumulated a lot of stuff. I really did try hard to get rid of my treasures in the barn, and I thought I made some sacrificial decisions about some of my valuables. Alas, we have had to rent three storage lockers. I have assured Cheryl that two of those will be empty by the end of the month. Whew! Wears me out thinking about how many pickup trips that is to the thrift store.

Someone asked me during our move, “What was the easiest move for you all?” My quick response was the ones where we only had to move our checked baggage from the flight into our new home. There have been a half dozen of those moves where we were moving into a new house or apartment for 4-6 months.

The hardest? I have to say that my mother recently made the hardest move when her three sons insisted that she had to leave her home of 36 years and move into a care facility. None of our moves have been as difficult as that move my mother had to make.

As I have been cogitating about moves over the last couple of weeks, I have realized that no one has ever asked me, “What is the best move you have made?” I suppose people who have moved just know that no move is a good move, so why bother to ask someone what the best move was!

Many will agree with me that the best move we will ever make will involve no packing or unpacking nor will it involve deciding what to move and what to give away, and it will not cost you a penny to make this move. Jesus paid it all! Oh, that will be glory for me when I can make that final move to eternity with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.