I find myself with several fears which are all unfounded as I remind myself of the supremacy and sovereignty of God! He is bigger than any bureaucracy or application process. We believe he wants us living in Calgary, so he will make the way clear, legal and otherwise. I still find myself fearful, though, in my typical human distrust of anything out of my control (and what isn't?!).
We've looked into several possibilities, and at this time, it's seeming as though I won't be able to work until my permanent residency visa gets processed and approved (we're trusting the Lord that this will be the outcome--too unsettling to fathom the possibilities otherwise! Why borrow trouble?). This is feasible for several reasons, the biggest of which is that the Lord is already providing by having granted Rob a full time job starting the first of next month. We can survive quite fine on his salary, but as a new couple starting out, we'd like to both be working. Not only that, but what will I do with myself for 6 months?! However, maybe that's God's blessing of time for me to get acclimated to a new country, new city, new husband, new home and role, new culture....
Which brings me to something else I've been thinking about today. How much of what I know about the world around me--that gut, instinctual knowledge that I have simply by being born and raised in this country--is just that? How much will change? How much will I have to relearn? Yes, I realize that our nice neighbor to the north seems rather congruent with us, yet I have it on good authority from a friend who's Canadian immigrated to NY that it does have its own unique culture. What cultural faux pas will I commit as I learn to navigate their country?
Moving out of the US was never in my life something I dreamed of doing, yet here I am. I've never contemplated traveling the world, seeing the sites--I've always been content to stay close to home. It's not that I'm particularly patriotic--I'm a citizen of heaven just visiting here, so what do I care what "nationality" is attached to my name? This feeling has been brought into sharp relief as we embark on this immigration trek...it is as though everything possible is done to prevent me from becoming a part of the Canadian landscape. How grateful I am that Jesus threw the borders of heaven wide open to me!
Well, the process has just begun. We serve a faithful God. He has made all the pieces fall into place up until now--we trust that he will continue to open doors for us to walk through!
"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ..."
Philippians 3:20
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
Ephesians 3:20-21
Prayers with you.
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