Home

         In 2009 when our church team was getting ready to come to Casa Bernabe for the first time, I remember looking online and seeing this picture of a big green building filled with apartments for staff at the orphanage. I remember thinking how pretty it was, but never did I imagine I would one day live there! 

After many weeks, we finally have a place to call our own. We have spent time painting and fixing up the little place. It has been so fun decorating and picking out furniture to make our home perfect for us. 

        I looked up a definition of home and it said that besides being a place where one lives, it also means a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates. Although David and I are quite content in our new "home," I know it is the first of many to come. 

For some, having a established permanent home is of great priority. Thinking of a place where you will begin your family and create many memories is a beautiful thing; it is a good thing. Yet, in the midst of this desire to have life completely planned out, I am confronted with the fact that in this world there is nothing really permanent or sure. Our hearts can easily faint when we think that life is out of our control.

Take Heart. We are in the hands of one who has our times and seasons in His hands. In our life we can experience a lot of change (including where we call home), yet we can have peace in knowing that our real home is found in the one from whom life comes from. Our Father's heart is where we truly flourish and where we belong. 

In a world full of seasons and changes, we have the privilege of establishing our home on 

The Rock that can never be shaken.

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