Home is where the heart is
I know it's one of those cheesy cliche's
Actually this cliche holds so much deception
Over the past month
I've asked myself many questions
One common question I've asked is:
Where is home?
Is home back in California?
Is it where I've lived for the past 24 years?
Is it with my nieces, mom, brother, sister, friends, and church family?
Living out of a backpack with a team of people you barely met is not easy
There are times when home is all you think of?
You think of what your mom is cooking for dinner?
How your nieces are doing in school?
How the youth are at church?
You start missing things like
Your bed
Your car
Your shower that has both hot and cold water
Your washing machine
Your dryer
Your friends
Your internet
Your Phone
In the midst of all this
It's really easy to run away from the present
In missing home
It also becomes easy to miss ministry opportunities God's picked out just for you
Its easy to get an attitude with sqaudmates
It's easy to opt out of community
I'll be honest
At times, I've chosen to run away
I've chosen to run away to lonelines
In order to sulk in missing home
In order to sulk in missing friends
However, God has been teaching me a valuable lesson these past few weeks
Hes teaching me:
Home isn't where the heart is
Home is where the peace of God is
Right now God's peace for me resides in El Salvador
Therefore, I will choose into calling this home
Next month,
In Guatemala
I will choose into calling it home
Because God has called me to go into this world
And
That is where I find peace
When he chooses to call me back to the states
I will rest in calling that home
However, until then
Home is here
Home is living from a backpack
Home is sleeping on a sleeping pad
Home is living in community with people who sometimes get on my nerves
Home is an adopted family God has provided
Home is resting in God's peace
I will refuse to run away from where God has ordained as my home!
This is home in El Salvador
It's living in a messy room with five other girls
Its living in the Peace of God
I know it's one of those cheesy cliche's
Actually this cliche holds so much deception
Over the past month
I've asked myself many questions
One common question I've asked is:
Where is home?
Is home back in California?
Is it where I've lived for the past 24 years?
Is it with my nieces, mom, brother, sister, friends, and church family?
Living out of a backpack with a team of people you barely met is not easy
There are times when home is all you think of?
You think of what your mom is cooking for dinner?
How your nieces are doing in school?
How the youth are at church?
You start missing things like
Your bed
Your car
Your shower that has both hot and cold water
Your washing machine
Your dryer
Your friends
Your internet
Your Phone
In the midst of all this
It's really easy to run away from the present
In missing home
It also becomes easy to miss ministry opportunities God's picked out just for you
Its easy to get an attitude with sqaudmates
It's easy to opt out of community
I'll be honest
At times, I've chosen to run away
I've chosen to run away to lonelines
In order to sulk in missing home
In order to sulk in missing friends
However, God has been teaching me a valuable lesson these past few weeks
Hes teaching me:
Home isn't where the heart is
Home is where the peace of God is
Right now God's peace for me resides in El Salvador
Therefore, I will choose into calling this home
Next month,
In Guatemala
I will choose into calling it home
Because God has called me to go into this world
And
That is where I find peace
When he chooses to call me back to the states
I will rest in calling that home
However, until then
Home is here
Home is living from a backpack
Home is sleeping on a sleeping pad
Home is living in community with people who sometimes get on my nerves
Home is an adopted family God has provided
Home is resting in God's peace
I will refuse to run away from where God has ordained as my home!
This is home in El Salvador
It's living in a messy room with five other girls
Its living in the Peace of God
