Wednesday, October 6, 2010

World ~ Home




   After our family left the place we called home for nearly two decades, it was helpful for me to rediscover the definition of "home" in order to maintain a proper perspective.  There is a certain amount of crossing over between the columns below, but the identifying characteristics are made plain with the division.  
  God intended for us to differentiate between home and the world, offering us a taste of eternity, a hope and a future... 
~Psalm 28:1-4
~Joshua 24:15
~Psalm 127:1
~Psalm 93:5
~Ephesians 2:19


World...                     Home...
where we walk together                              where we live together
where we go to                                          where we go from
where we return from                                 where we return to
where we gather information                       where we gain               
                                                                  knowledge & wisdom
where we meet challenges                           where we grow
where we face danger                                 where we are safe
where we never let our guard down             where we rest
where we dress in armor                             where we relax
where we do battle                                     where we cry
where we are salt                                       where we are loved
where we are light                                      where we are forgiven
where we walk but do not join in                where we sit, walk, stand 
                                                                      and lie down
where we reach out but do not grasp           where we find help
where we depend on God                           where we study God’s 
                                                                       Word
where we are tested                                   where we pray together
where we must enter but not enter in           where we develop a 
                                                                      godly perspective
where we act                                             where we choose
where we watch                                         where we wait
where we serve                                          where we are fed
where we speak out                                    where we know quiet
where we walk in the Way                          where we get to know  
                                                                        the Way
where we spend each day                           where we begin and end 
                                                                        each day
where God commands us to go                    where God has placed 
                                                                         us
~ae

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