A song comes to mind with the lyrics, “This world is not my home, I’m just a passing through…”
Perhaps we find those places here where we feel anchored but only because we’ve never actually been to our real “home.” Until we are there, we may never really know what it feels like to be totally home or anchored.
Or maybe “Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go…” and as long as we are trusting in him and maintaining that relationship, we can feel anchored no matter where we are, no matter the situation.
And yet, there is nothing like familiarity to bring a sense of safety, security, and rest.
Those are both songs attached to places in my childhood! There will always be a longing and I think that carrying home in our hearts—knowing God is with us and having the promise of a good forever home—gets easier as we are aware and intentional in the present. What I realized this past week is how connecting the threads of the present to the larger tapestry of life fosters that groundedness and trust
Oh, sweet nostalgia.
Every time I return to a place I've lived, I see it in a different light and appreciate it more.
You have another place to return now!
A song comes to mind with the lyrics, “This world is not my home, I’m just a passing through…”
Perhaps we find those places here where we feel anchored but only because we’ve never actually been to our real “home.” Until we are there, we may never really know what it feels like to be totally home or anchored.
Or maybe “Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go…” and as long as we are trusting in him and maintaining that relationship, we can feel anchored no matter where we are, no matter the situation.
And yet, there is nothing like familiarity to bring a sense of safety, security, and rest.
Those are both songs attached to places in my childhood! There will always be a longing and I think that carrying home in our hearts—knowing God is with us and having the promise of a good forever home—gets easier as we are aware and intentional in the present. What I realized this past week is how connecting the threads of the present to the larger tapestry of life fosters that groundedness and trust
(To mix metaphors!).