Well, the picture today does say it all....homecoming! What a blessed moment to hug a daddy and husband back home! It was so fun to eat dinner together and look at all the pictures and hear all the stories of our time spent apart. There is just something so amazingly comforting about returning all the scattered pieces back to their proper places. There is a renewed appreciation for things that were just a few days ago taken for granted; an added sweetness to the giggles and stories. A bit more patience extended and more courteous listening. Jack was on the count-down all day. How many more hours now? (15 minutes later) How many hours now, Mom? The girls left practices and activities early so they wouldn't miss anything. And even I spent a bit of time watching a little plane track painstakingly slow across my computer screen via the British Airways flight path map. What a fun text to receive- "Just landed in Dallas!" A physical homecoming here on earth was such a blessing, but I kept thinking about yesterday's lesson of endurance and the constant pursuit of Christ. I think too many times I get so involved with the happenings of my life here on earth, I forget about my true homecoming; the utter and unexplainable depths of joy to stand before my Savior without the barrier of sin! To enter into His glory free to truly worship Creator, Savior, Father God. I think sometimes I run the race in a bit of drudgery as I am so short-cited about the end of the pursuit. This day would have been different if we weren't all focused upon one thing....the return of our daddy and husband home. It motivated our actions, it focused our thoughts, and it was scattered throughout all our conversations. Wouldn't my life have a deeper, more joyful, more grace-uttering testimony if my actions, thoughts and conversations were centered around my Abba Father and the day that I fall before His throne of grace surrounded by the praise of His glory? I am so thankful for the life I have been given. This entire gratitude endeavor centers around giving thanks for the life I now live, but my prayer today is that I remember the foundation on which I live this life and the amazing Savior who will one day bring me to an eternity beyond my comprehension in the presence of the Great I Am.
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