Catching up

Well, it's been ages since I've last written. It's like I got sucked into some time-space continuum and only now have emerged from the backside of the black hole! Anyway, the past several months were rather crazy - lots of travel and of course adventures, as usual. I spent some time in Hungary to renew my visa, then to Poland for a big floorball match (U-19 Poland vs. Ukraine), then to England to hang out with friends, and then to the US to give presentations and share about the work here in Ukraine, and visit friends and family as well. I've been on the road for most of the time since the end of October and it feels really good to finally be back home and starting to settle into some semblance of daily life here.

Whilst on the road so much, it was much harder for me to stay in touch with people and harder to maintain a fresh relationship with God. I don't know about you, but for me when I'm overly busy and traveling so much, the things I usually would do each day get put off or fall by the wayside - like exercise, eating right, and keeping up with relationships. It's exhausting to maintain a hectic, busy schedule without a "home base" to come back to and much harder to maintain focus and discipline in the daily grind.

But, just as the spring rains that keep falling here in Ukraine will soon produce a new crop of grass, flowers, leaves, etc. so does a renewal of the most vital of relationships in life, our relationship with our Creator. He always longs for us to return to Him, to refocus our attention and time and thoughts on Him and is always willing to forgive past neglect when we confess it to Him and turn back to Him. God promised that as long as the earth remains, the springtime and harvest will continue. So it is in our spiritual life. As long as He remains in our hearts, springtime (renewal) and harvest will continue. The key is learning to stay plugged into the source of our power, strength, and life itself. That takes discipline and determined focus, but is something that with God's help can be maintained, no matter what the circumstances. Praise Him! :-)