This has been a long process of making our home in MI. There has been many moments of anxiety and lost sleep. We have left many good friends in MN and have begun to make good ones in MI. We have put in much effort (as have others from church) to make this house our new place to live. I have missed too many family meals and bedtimes. It has gotten very old to come home and hear, "Yeah, Daddy is going to eat dinner with us tonight!"
We have been anticipating this next step in our MI journey for a long time. Presently, Grand Haven is called home but it is merely a temporary residence, not our home. We haven't unpacked much at this house because we have bigger plans. We haven't put energy into beautifying the Grand Haven house because we plan to continue the process of making the Norton Shores house our home. After all, it is all a process. Someday this year I hope that I and my family will be able to call the Norton Shores house our home.
I hope that I can have the same focus on my heavenly home too. This life is to be lived to the full but it is not our final destination. We should invest some energy and focus here but always remember that this is not our final home. It should not be confused with the end of our journey. It is only a taste of real life, a glimmer of what is in store for us.
I want to have the laser sighting on this life like that of the last verse of "It is well with my soul".
And Lord, hast the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
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