no place like home

 

Acts 17:28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

 

It's a strange feeling not to have a home.  I wouldn't say that Shirley and I are "homeless people" because we're staying for a few months with my Mom and we're not out on the streets.  But it seems odd to be temporarily without an address that represents our unique residence.  For over two decades we went to the same kitchen for meals, used the same familiar bathtub for showers, found rakes and lawnmower in the same familiar garage and got our mail from the same mailbox.  Home is some kind of center for us.  It's the place we leave when we go to work, knowing that it's the place we'll return to at the end of the day.  It's the place that wraps around our children and gives them shelter and security while they grow up.  I suppose today's thought is a reminder that no matter where we live, Jesus is our real home.  As the scripture above says, our real life and movement all take place within Him.  In a sense, we carry our permanent eternal home with us wherever we go, and we can be confident He'll never move away from us!

 

2 Peter 3:13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

 

blessings,

Rob Smith

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