CHANGE?

I know what "they" say, "the only thing constant in life is change."  





Change is good, right?  Change/transition brings new opportunities, right?  That's what I keep telling myself and others.  But, if I'm being honest in the midst of packing, I find myself being so uncertain about the changes coming.  We have three nights left to sleep in our current home in the country middle of nowhere before we move to our "new, old" house in the city.  I say "new, old" house because we own the house and we {J & S} lived there before but have been renting it out the past three years.  As we prepare to move back there, our "old" house {built in 1955}, things will look much different now as we move back as a "new" family of three.  


There are many things I'll miss about this space that we've called "home" for the last three years.  This is the home we have seen first hand the sacrificial love of others, this is the home we brought our sweet girl home to, this is the home that is only three hours away from my genetic family, this is the home that allows me to do life with my family of believers, oh, I could go on and on. 


As I am overwhelmed and my head is spinning in the details that come with yet another move, today, I need to remember this one thing: 


This is not my home. 

Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.  If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?  When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.  And you know the way to where I am going.” John 14:1-4

In the midst of changes that I an uncertain about, Jesus reminds me that He does not change and that He is the same yesterday and today and forever.  Today, I'm asking Him to give me His perspective.  Longing today for my true home of heaven.