Finding Home

Home is:

1.       A dwelling place, a place to live, a building, a region, a place we call “home.”

2.       Human connections, the relationships of those with whom we do life together.

It was God’s intent and purpose from the beginning to dwell among man, to fellowship with him, to walk with him in the cool of the day.

Genesis 2:15

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”

This was to be his home, his dwelling place.

It took me 55 years to leave home.  Most of you know my story.  I was a preacher man’s daughter.  I was born, raised, grew up in the same place.  The kids grew up in the same town.  We lived in a place where we knew almost everybody.  If we didn’t know them, we knew of them and could call them by name.

The kids grew up.  The grand babies came. David’s job was not secure.  Plants were closing in an industry that he had worked 35 years in.  My parents were gone and we decided it was time to move where we could be near the grand babies. 

The first 6 months were great!  I felt like I was on vacation-Condo, swimming pool, an outlet mall a few miles away, a marketplace 15 miles away, babies and ice cream anytime I wanted them, no job, no commitment, total freedom.

We got tired of a stampede of wild horses above our heads, two dogs playing tag or Frisbee or something.  A spirit of discontentment grew within me. And God gave us a house.  I never dreamed of having a new home.  As I said before, my little 1000 sq. ft home was all I ever thought I’d have.  Our new home was wonderful…but it wasn’t home.  I mean, I had all my milk glass and ironstone out, the walls looked practically the same, my pink room was now gray, but held the same décor as before, but it wasn’t home.

So, I tried to go home, but home wasn’t home because there was no home to go home to. We had sold the home place.  My sister’s house was too small for all of us.  Who wants to spend Christmas in a motel room?

God began to speak to me about home, the temporary dwelling and the heart, His home.

God has always desired to dwell among His people. 

“Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. “ Exodus 25:8

He did.  You know the story of the pillow of cloud by day and the pillow of fire by night.  Can you just imagine that??? 

David decided he wanted to build a house for the Art of the Covenant.  God was dwelling in a tent and he wanted Him to have a home.  As if God could be confined to a building. 

“Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”

God said for Nathan to tell David,” You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.  I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought you out of Egypt.”  (1 Chronicles 17:5)

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place, throughout all generations.” Psalm 90:1

So what does it mean to find our dwelling place in Christ, to make our hearts, his home?

John 15 tells us to remain in Him.  “You are already clean.  Now remain in me.  Abide in me.  Dwell in me.  Stay connected to me. Crawl up here on the sofa with me.  Grab the Good Book and let’s spend some time together.”

I'm going to begin to try to write my story, Finding Home. I hope you'll journey along with me. 

You are always welcome here.