By Nellie Martin So many times in life we feel inadequate; our past hanging in the back of our mind and our flaws focusing in on us like a sharp shooter. Some days we feel beautiful and some days we do not. This roller coaster of emotions drives us crazy and we wonder, “Will I […]
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by Mindi Jo Furby Identity. A basic yet crucial aspect of life. Billions of dollars are spent every year appealing to our identities ~ from paying therapists to figure out who we are to paying doctors to transform unappealing body parts. Some of us live our entire lives in an identity crisis. We’re always striving […]
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By Penny Jackson It is real, this pain I feel, My strength is almost gone; I hear a voice, oh so still, Gently guiding me along. As I reach out for the Father’s touch, My heart longing for His love, I can sense the warmth of His embrace, Surrounding me from up above. As time […]
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by Rae Lloyd I cried out for you when you took that pill perhaps just to self medicate and you didn’t really want to, but you couldn’t stop. I knew there was an inner healing for you, but you thought you could not get there yet. I cried out for you when you lived a […]
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by Rebekah Cook A few months ago I had a lesson. It was a life lesson. It was a pottery lesson. The potter I was learning from teaches sculpting. He taught me how to make a clay vase and then a bowl, using fine quality clay, a wheel, and a few small tools. He patiently […]
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by Rae Lloyd I love to stroll through graveyards and read epitaphs, especially the really old ones. When you think about it, what is said on that tombstone is probably all you’ll ever know about that person. It seems through that one-line statement or even the length of time from birth to death, for a […]
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Almost home!
These words, lived in the reality of today, bring such joy and a feeling of excitement; they deliver the expectation of welcome, comfort and familiarity from the place where I truly belong, a place where I am the closest to God.
After all of the traveling I have enjoyed, I find I have a longing for "my home time", that time when early in the mornings (without distractions) the pace of my day is set. It is the time I meet my Lord God in the pages of His holy word, and the time I allow His spirit to minister to my spirit. I am more fully focused on Him in these moments and He can lead me in the ways to pray; for more than anything, I want to see eye to eye with Him in this conscious time when we speak.
The foundation of my heavenly home and my earthly home is the same ~ built and sustained on the indescribable love that Jesus Christ has for me, and my faith in that saving love. That He would do for me that which I needed to do ~ that He faced a righteous God and took on Himself my sin, my punishment, my pay-day ~ this is the foundation that will be my home from now and through forever.
Refreshed by Serenity and Gratitude, reinforced with excitement, and I am almost there, home.
Homeward bound,
Rhea