It seems like over and over the Lord is teaching us that we should not find comfort, satisfaction, or security in an earthly home. We all long for a home, a place to hang our hat, a place to come where we can let down our defenses and be ourselves. Yet, we went for 4 years living in others people's homes, looking at their decorations on the walls. Finally at Sakintepe, we were able to build our own cabin and hang our own family pictures. Then the visa laws change...we must leave for 3 months out of every 6 months. Just when we were feeling comfortable and relaxed, He jolted our security once again. Now others are staying in "our" home. So we come back to the US on furlough and in order to give some sort of order to our lives, we buy a motor home in which to travel and live for the 3 months. After we drive it to Illinois, we had a fire in the engine. We tell everyone our house caught on fire! What is God trying to teach us? We know that we are only strangers passing through this life and that earth is not our home, yet we still attempt to have some semblance of a dwelling place that we can call our own. We feel like we have learned that lesson, so let's move on to more complex spiritual heights. But He keeps reminding us that we are sojourners, travelers, nomads for Him. He encourages us to not get tied to things for comfort, to not be selfish with our time but to spend ourselves for others as He did while on earth. Christ had no place to lay His head, why do we think we deserve any more than our Lord and Master?
Friday, September 7, 2012
Heaven is my Home
It seems like over and over the Lord is teaching us that we should not find comfort, satisfaction, or security in an earthly home. We all long for a home, a place to hang our hat, a place to come where we can let down our defenses and be ourselves. Yet, we went for 4 years living in others people's homes, looking at their decorations on the walls. Finally at Sakintepe, we were able to build our own cabin and hang our own family pictures. Then the visa laws change...we must leave for 3 months out of every 6 months. Just when we were feeling comfortable and relaxed, He jolted our security once again. Now others are staying in "our" home. So we come back to the US on furlough and in order to give some sort of order to our lives, we buy a motor home in which to travel and live for the 3 months. After we drive it to Illinois, we had a fire in the engine. We tell everyone our house caught on fire! What is God trying to teach us? We know that we are only strangers passing through this life and that earth is not our home, yet we still attempt to have some semblance of a dwelling place that we can call our own. We feel like we have learned that lesson, so let's move on to more complex spiritual heights. But He keeps reminding us that we are sojourners, travelers, nomads for Him. He encourages us to not get tied to things for comfort, to not be selfish with our time but to spend ourselves for others as He did while on earth. Christ had no place to lay His head, why do we think we deserve any more than our Lord and Master?
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