Going Home

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” Robert Frost

The end of our unexpected vacation is here. Mike and I had some really great adventures over the last week. We hiked and walked a ton, rented kayaks, paddled the mangroves, saw alligators and crocodiles, sailed on a 100′ schooner, the America 2.0 and tried key lime pie in a variety of establishments and contemplated which was the best. Mike found a few alligators and ceocodiles (I wasn’t looking as hard as he was) and we took several pictures.

Going back home is always bittersweet. I love to travel. I’m maybe obsessed with travelling. I will gladly give up a few luxuries if I can take a trip somewhere new or a favorite place. However, I also love to be at home. I love to be near my children and grandchildren, my parents and brother and his family. I love the familiarity of home and the routine. For awhile. Until I get restless and need to GO.

I am happy in the woods, hiking. I’m happy camping. I’m happy in nature. I’m happy on my mt bike. I’m happy in my home. I’m happy making my house a home. I’m not a high maintenance kind of person. I’m not afraid to be alone or in the wild, alone. Give me some good walking shoes or boots and I’m generally happy. A book and a hammock, am I’m happy. Sometimes I just need to GO.

I think that home is an anchor. It is where I’m grounded and where I’m known. Where my people are. Where, despite my travels and desire for newness and adventure, I have security and peace. Home is where I can be me and they love me despite it.

As we prepare for our adventures away from home for 6 months at a time, I know that as exciting as this is, I will always be glad to have HOME and the ability to go there. That security along with my Lords direction will sustain me.

Hebrews 6:19-20 says –

19)We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, form and secure. It enters into the inner sanctuary behind the curtain. 20) where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.