Home –
I can well remember getting married & leaving home for the very first time. It seriously took me five years to make the adjustment. I missed my family, my church, my friends, my environment. The homesickness was incredible. I never would have expected it. The wound was reopened each & every time we went “home” for a visit too. I can remember when “home” changed & it was now a new place. Or was it just that my heart had stopped focusing on my old “home” & now embraced my new “home”?
I have come to realize that home truly is where my longings can be found. As the years have passed & I have grown in my relationship with God (still have far to go), I have found that I long for Him. Time with Him. And that has brought such a settled contentment to be at “home” where He has placed me here in this life. I am grateful for the husband, the family & the friends that He has placed in my life to go this journey with me. To think that this is only the beginning of a journey that will continue throughout all time is amazing.
For one day, I will truly be HOME.
Oh mylanta, I LOVED THIS!
“home truly is where my longings can be found”
yes…
I’m so grateful I linked up after you over at Lisa-Jo’s so I knew to stop by today and read your beautiful 5 minute write. I loved it.
I remember that homesickness, too…that ache for familiar when I married. and like you said–that ache hasn’t let go. simply transferred to my desire to be truly Home in His familiar…
Happy Friday to you!
All for Him with hugs to you,
Nikki
Thank you for stopping by & reading. It is amazing how we link in right where we need to be 🙂
Today is my first ever “5 Minute Friday.” I’m so glad I stopped by your post today because I so related to homesickness as a young bride. I loved my family and missed them. Now I’m older and have 4 little grandchildren and HOME is everything to me as I pass traditions along to them. And the older I get the more I long for my eternal home too. Blessings. 🙂
I am so glad that you did as well! This is only the 3rd one that I have participated in. You are so right. I am now a Mimi to 2 granddaughters & “home” is now all that I pass onto them as well. Thanks for visiting.!