Home... What an interesting word. I find myself looking forward to so many homes. "Home is where the heart is." How true! We recently moved back to Nazareth from Jerusalem. The place where we spent our first 3 weeks in Israel and where we have made so many friendships. The place where we spent so much time together as team and where we really do feel at home. So at home, in fact, we had Christmas in August together! We have loved every part of Israel we have seen, but there is just something special about Nazareth. Galilee is awesome and Jerusalem is beyond comparison, but Nazareth (though not nearly as beautiful) has become home. Even though we only get one more week, this is definitely where we are happy to spend it. And in two weeks we will be home again! In Kona, the place where DTS all began. After living there for three months together (6 for us staff), it has the comfort of familiar turf as well as many good memories to remember. It is the place where many of us came together as family and that many of us will return to either in the near or distant future. Even though its a rock in the middle of the ocean, it's a place that we feel connected to and that holds that warm, familiar feeling in our hearts that few places can achieve. It's home, not because of a specific building, but because of the memories, the friends that have become family, and the sweet encounters with God that have all left their marks on that landscape. And, of course, HOME HOME!!! For all the homes in the world, there is just something special about the one with your family. For me, Santa Rosa will always hold a place in my heart that no other home can replace no matter what. Home is being with my family. Home is familiar streets and houses and weather patterns. Home is being surrounded by love and having memories on every street corner. It's cuddling up with your favorite blanket in front of a fire on a cold day. It's cuddling up with my baby sister and watching Veggie Tales. So many little things yet that weave such a big, beautiful tapestry in my heart! And finally, home is where my heart longs to be. Home is where the heart is and each of these places are places that I have given a place in my heart. The place that holds the biggest part of my heart, though, is my eternal home. I know that each of these homes are transient, but the love in my heart that makes them so special pales in comparison to the love I will experience with my father in heaven in the home that I was created for. I will just have to wait a little bit longer to get there than to get to California. =)
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