This has been a good week!
The weather has been beautiful, I’ve gotten a lot done, and work has gone well. However, the best part is, my mother came home!
For the last 4 months Mom has been wandering from place-to-place, visiting her other kids and scattered relatives. She has enjoyed her travels and getting to spend time with everyone, but she says she’s tired of being a gypsy. As we pulled into our driveway Wednesday afternoon, she let out a little sigh of relief and whispered, “It’s good to be home.”
Looking for Home
I know how Mom feels. Nothing is better after a long trip or a long day, then the feeling of coming home. Yet, even though we’ve lived in Cashmere for 8 years, I still feel a vague restlessness. I love where I live, our church and our friends, but I could leave tomorrow with few regrets. Even though I call this place “home”, I’m searching for something more.
The truth is we are all searching for something more, for a place to call home. We wander from place-to-place, from job-to-job, from relationship-to-relationship, looking for a place where we belong, yet nothing we find fully fills the emptiness we feel inside.
Home is Not a Place
What we’ve failed to realize is “home” is not a place. It is a Person. It is in the arms of Jesus where we belong. Only there will we finally find peace and love and a place to truly call “home.” Only there will we ever find rest for our souls.
Someday soon Jesus is coming to take us to our heavenly home. That’s a day for which I can hardly wait! However, we don’t need to wait till then to find rest from our wanderings. Jesus says to us today, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28).
The Invitation
Home is wherever Jesus is and He is by your side right now. This very moment He is holding out His hand, inviting you to come home, to find rest and peace and a love which will never let you go.
Aren’t you tired of wandering in search of a place to call your own? Jesus is what you’re looking for. Don’t wait a moment longer. Give Him your life today and once and forever –
Come Home!