tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393923229231130987.post455983543465023122..comments2024-03-28T23:12:16.056+04:00Comments on Finding Abu Dhabi: Home is...Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11552315208920251660noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393923229231130987.post-67938525957199872292010-10-27T13:45:58.747+04:002010-10-27T13:45:58.747+04:00Ha ha, even before I read Joel's comment I was...Ha ha, even before I read Joel's comment I was thinking, "This sounds like me!" I just did a count and I'm at 15 residences too (more if I count all my college dorm rooms). Being married has made such a difference in feeling "home"-- I totally relate to what you said about Sam being home. At one particularly turbulent time in college when I was feeling so displaced and like no place was home an older friend reminded me that I was never supposed to feel at home here, that Heaven was home. That has really stuck with me ever since. I think I've gradually turned a corner from bemoaning that my life is the way to seeing that God has purposes in it and ways he wants to use me in the world that couldn't be accomplished if my life and identity were more "fixed". I am sure the same is true about God's purposes for you.Allisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393923229231130987.post-46991682632827465342010-10-26T06:12:24.238+04:002010-10-26T06:12:24.238+04:00Shannon,
I can't help but be overjoyed at thi...Shannon,<br /><br />I can't help but be overjoyed at this post, mainly because I'm married to a person very much like you in all these sentiments. My best friend from college feel similarly as well. If I might be so bold (but I hope not callous), I would like to share a Bible verse. I think you are experiencing (like Allison and my friend Seth experience in a unique way) what Paul is talking about in Phil. 3:20-21. As Andrew Peterson sings, "This is a far country, it's not my home." We are citizens of heaven, waiting for our beloved King and bridegroom to sweep us off our feet and carry us home.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515865586233059426noreply@blogger.com