Thank you!

I'm a worrier. A complete stresser and will freak out at the smallest thing. So this move that is now in less than a month (ARGH!) is a big deal. But God has once again confirmed my being there, which is just so utterly fantastic that it blows my mind.

I joined the Manchester University CU page to ask a couple of questions and the first to reply was a good friend of one of the girls that I went on mission to Peru with a few years ago. The mission that changed my heart, inspired my career choice and moved me to the city! She's going to meet me when I arrive. What an absolute blessing.

God, I love you. I am completely head over heals in love with you. Thank you!

Wait! I think I may have left something behind.

oh you watch me stready, you
watch me with such a quiet sincerity
and you hold me heavy, you
hold me like I was born to be held
and the Iight comes in here, yeah
morning my dear, and the restlessness of arms
and we lie here longing now
words were ours that will never be harm
'cause you are dear to me
yeah you are dear

but if this goes wrong again, oh heaven forbid
if this was how it was meant to fall, no
if this goes wrong again
will you pretend that you know, steady as the morning and just go
and just go
and just go

I made you breakfast, oh
soldiers to guard and keep you company
and I'm going away again
the faces and falsities of new friends
yeah there's fires here to burn, and
timbers left to learn in this young heart
and honey please don't think I don't miss you, no
don't think I don't think of you when we're apart
because I do dear, I do
yeah I do dear

but if this goes wrong again, oh heaven forbid
if this was how it was meant to fall, no
if this goes wrong again
will you pretend that you know, steady as the morning and just go
and just go
and just go

Today is gonna be the day....

...that the 4 week countdown starts to the big move to the big M.

 You can stay posted here of all the happenings in my Mancunian adventures, as well as little prayer updates. 

I'm so excited but absolutely terrified about the move! 

But amidst the turbulent mix of emotions, the one thing that is constant, is knowing that this new city is where God wants me to be this year and  that He'll be coming with me. 

During my most recent visit, I came across this verse in Acts...

"For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city." (Acts 18:10)

How reassuring to remember that God isn't just in Aberdeen, or City Church, or with my Christian friends. He is everywhere. And remarkable to think that I have brothers and sisters in Manchester. Cheesy? Yeah, a bit. Incredible? Absolutely!

He's not going to put any of us in a place where He will not be able to support us.

He will challenge us, but never abandon us.

He will stretch us, but never harm us.

He will keep us, and never let us go.

God is good all the time: and all the time, God is good.

Maybe, You're gonna be the one that saves me.