Home

“Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young- a place near your altar, 
O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.” – Psalm 84:3

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. – 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

And they sang a new song: 
 "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, 
and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. – Revelation 5:9

Oh, to see God’s handprint on all the places and pieces of our lives. We have so many dear friends who help us see God at work in our lives. He promises He is always here, constant and true. There IS nothing He won’t be with us in; and we don’t need to hope He is with us, because He promises He is. That’s good enough for me.

Sometimes I think adoption is God’s chance to show off in mighty and beautiful ways. We step outside of ourselves, and our own control of timing and events. There is a sense of wonder and vulnerability that is beautiful.

Watching the Lord move in mighty, awe-inspiring, hair-raising, breathtaking, gigantic ways to draw an orphan from one side of the world in to a family all the way across the globe – in to love, nurture, hope, healing, restoration, redemption and joy.

We have experienced Jesus drawing out His picture of how He yearns for and brings us all home to God through Himself. It is humbling. I read God’s words on adoption with my heart, now. God used something I “knew” in my head to birth something I grasp with my heart. We have truly seen grace and mercy, love and faith, hope and belonging lived out in our family, in the way God wants us all to experience it when we learn what Jesus did so we can be reclaimed fully to the Lord. We all yearn for home. Finding it in it’s most true sense, when we are finally resting at home in our Father’s arms, knowing who we are because of Who we belong to- that’s homecoming.