I'm linking up with Lisa-Jo at The Gypsy Mama for Five Minute Friday with the writing prompt:
Home...
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Is home really where the heart is? Jeremiah 17:9 states that the heart is deceptive above all things. So, if home is where the heart is, than is it possible we can be deceived by where we think our home is?My four year old said yesterday that she missed our old house. Her heart was there for a moment and we talked about the good memories we had there, but that we wouldn't want to go back because then we'd miss this house, where we have also built memories. A heart remembering is a good thing. Yet, a heart will pull us in many confusing directions - those, which are meant to be felt; not meant to be made our home.
When our hearts are splattered all over the globe, we can rest assured that our home is not where we go, or where our heart is. Our home is where He is.
Like the prodigal, when we put our focus on what we have; wishing for what we don't have, we venture far from home only to find our hearts in poverty and desolation within the context of all that has lured our eyes and very heart.
Our home is where we humbly recognize the deception of our hearts and turn back to the one who has provided for us all along and readily accepts us with feast and celebration elaborately thrown in our return to Him - every time we make His dwelling our dwelling and we trust our hearts only because we trust Him who resides there.
My heart, His home.
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{I'm reading a lot of posts in this link up on home being where the heart is...with family and relationship, not houses or places. Please know that I get that. I do. I throw myself out there with my thoughts knowing this and also knowing that all of it goes back to Him - God. In those relationships, He abounds. And without God, our hearts easily lead us astray. So, I do not want to sound contradicting to other heart-felt posts. This is just the ultimate picture for me. Without God, we're simply lost.}
Now it's your turn. Give it your best five minutes!
Wow, I love your perspective of guarding our hearts from being lured away from home like the prodigal son. Great "Home" post!
ReplyDelete"...we trust our hearts only because we trust Him who resides there." Amen.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post... thanks for dropping by! :)
Thanks for stopping by ;>
ReplyDeleteLike the prodigal, when we put our focus on what we have; wishing for what we don't have, we venture far from home only to find our hearts in poverty and desolation within the context of all that has lured our eyes and very heart.
Well said! We so often forget to be grateful for what He has provided.
Yes, I am, too, so far from home when I wander from His heart. That is the beginning, where I must always return. Beautiful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteTheresa, I am afraid I just accidentally signed in and posted my comment above with my husband's Google account. Whoops! :)
ReplyDeleteWords to ponder on! You are so right, in the respect of the heart. I am grateful that we have made God an integral apart of our home. He lives within us and we invite Him to share our space!
ReplyDeleteAmazing post.
Thank you,
Andrea
"Our home is where He is." Yes!
ReplyDelete'Our home is where He is.' I loved this too Theresa and your last paragraph...oh, to live and that perpetual turning Home, back to Him...for we lose the way so quickly...won't the Forever Embrace never to leave Home again be so Beautifully Beyond Describing...Him Forever:) bless you, sweet friend:)
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