Day 30 — A motto or philosophy

One of my favorite bible verses is

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full-John 10:10

My motto: Live life to the fullest!

Temporary Home

The Bible Study I attend every Tuesday nights with some amazing women wrapped up its study on Revelation last night. We did a video series by Beth Moore that was very thought provoking and challenging. Last night as Beth was wrapping up the session she said something that I have heard so many times but seemed to really grasp for the first time last night. For the past several months I have struggled with what home is to me. I moved to Florence in the fall of 2004 as a young 18 year old off to college in a place 600 miles away from everything I knew. I never was scared about it because I had a sense of peace. A peace I could not explain...a peace that only came from God. If you asked that 18 year old if Florence would ever be called home she definitely would have told you no and that she would only be there for the next 4 years to get educated not to make Florence her home. Well it is amazing how God has other plans isn't it. Florence did become my home after college. I got a job, my own place and even got a puppy. Florence is what I called home and continue to call home but Fairfield is also home and will always be home. I lived there since I was 2 and made memories there that shaped who I am today. When I leave to go to Fairfield I say I am excited to go home as I leave home to go there. Confusing I know. With all that said. Hey I need to give you some background. Home is a confusing word for me needless to say.

The past several months the word home has somewhat haunted me. I have struggled to understand what home is. I have been homesick for my home in Fairfield but my home is Florence. Again I know this is confusing I am confused while I type this but I am getting to the point...stay with me if you would like. Last night it clicked like it has never clicked before. This is not my home. Beth Moore was talking about how everyone has a longing of home. We try to go to our childhood home and recreate memories to feel the longing we have to home and never get to the point of satisfaction. Do you know why? This world is only our temporary home. Every Christian has a deep deep longing for their eternal home and we can't quite grasp it.

You do not understand how much encouragement that bold statement has brought me in the last 13 hours. I can find joy in every place I call home but none of my "homes" will satisfy the longing for the eternal home my Savior promised. It is a longing I have had but could never understand. I have tried to figure out what to do or what to call home. Now I do not have to go searching to satisfy my longing of home but simply sit at the feet of my Savior and allow Him to lead me to the home He wants to call me to here on Earth.

It is a wonderful feeling