As I transition to a short-term rental house in Lincoln City, Oregon, I am reminded of the simple truth that my God is my home. Houses are unstable and they are temporary.
I’ve been hearing God say: “Your home is not a place. It has never been. You have been searching many places to find comfort for far too long, but My daughter, I am your home. Let my embrace be your home, let My loving arms be your comfort, for I am omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent. The world and all that it contains is temporary and unfulfilling, but I am eternal and I never change. My love is unwavering, let your foundation be built on Me and not people or things.”
Home… home is my Jesus. Home is stable, Home is unwavering, Home is wherever I go; where I find my comfort, where I find my peace, where I find my rest… it is in Jesus. He’s the one that will last forever, so I’m done holding on to what won’t matter. His love changes everything!
This has been quite the preparation for the race– I’ve been getting a taste of what it might be like.
I’ve been living with my friends, which has been awesome and so fun! It’s interesting to experience varieties of family life and how they function.
I’ve been separated from my parents for far too long, though it’s made our love all the more sweet and strong.
I miss my brothers and cats.
The majority of my possessions have been in a storage container for months.
I had my last day of work a couple of days ago and will miss working there a little too much.
I graduated high school yesterday and said SO. MANY. really hard goodbyes. and didn’t get the chance to say bye to some friends.
It has been a season of pruning and refining. Some days it feels like everything has been stripped away from me. But, it has been a season of immense growth and focusing on what matters, like deepening relationships with people and the Lord. I have never felt more emotionally at peace and so in love with life and people and God. My heart is overflowing with gratitude. I am so undeserving, yet God still loves me– it’s hard to wrap my head around!! Even though I’ve had to let go of so many people and things, I am so fulfilled. Even if it ends up just being me and God, that’ll never change.
I am grateful for the community I had in Sherwood. I am grateful for the trials I persevered through, the joy that I’ve felt the past couple years, and the memories I made. I am welcoming this new season with an open heart and mind, and cannot wait to meet my new WR squad!!! I’m beyond excited to chase my dreams and see what God has in store for me this upcoming year.
“‘I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'” Jeremiah 29:10-11
