Home Sweet Home

Today I experienced a death in the family. Not a human death, not an animal death but the death of a home. My husband's boy-hood home was lost. I won't go into those details but it was a shocking and horrible loss that came totally unexpected. There was no time to prepare; no time to digest the news; no time.

I'm learning A LOT through it all though. First, our family is so loved. The amount of people that mobilized in such a short time to move items from the house was absolutely amazing. Second, I learned that I never knew how a home can be like body part. In this case, you're born with it, it grows with you, you can rely on it to always be there, and it's so necessary. Then the day comes when you reach to touch that part of your life and it's just gone. It's heart-braking. It's even more then a body part, it's a family member. It's a priceless box filled with treasured memories.

Now that the house belongs to someone else, we can never go back; never immerse ourselves in a place filled with life times - good and bad. Times that shaped us and helped make us who we are today. But as great as this special place is, it can't even touch our heavenly home. This place is gone, but I know Someone special is watching over my heavenly home. He's tending the gardens right now. He's caring for my herd of horses right now. He's covering the walls in ever color of the rainbow and even more colors that we have yet to see. He's preparing a place for me.. and he's preparing a place for you.

If you've lost your earthly home, know that there is a heavenly home waiting for you. You just have to accept it. If you've lost your job, know that there is a King of all Kings that want to hire you to His kingdom, you just have to accept the job. If you've lost your strength, know that there is a Joy that will be your strength. If you've lost a family member, know that there is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother waiting for you, You just have to accept Him.  Best part - IT'S ALL FREE! Now that's an awesome Christmas gift!

We've all lost things at times, but God know what it feels like to lose, too. Jesus lost his heavenly home and all that went with that, he lost friends who couldn't even pray with Jesus for one hour, he lost a mother, he lost a Father when God had to turn His back on His son. He knows what your feeling and is well acquainted with grief. Run to Him. He's more than a home, He's a strong tower. He doesn't hate you. He CHOSE to lose it all to gain YOU!