Traveling Home

Hubby has been home for two and a half days now, but his dopp kit remains on the bathroom counter.  I teased him that he had been traveling so much lately that the packed dopp kit on the counter made it seem as if home was the stop over and and the places away from home were where to unpack and settle.  So many deep thoughts and reflections and directions my mind had with that simple sight this morning.

Of course the first thought involved Belize, from where he just returned from a 10 day visit.  He was there to meet with many of the contacts with the new position he has taken, to get paperwork started, to familiarize himself with the situation, to see the house and make preparations for all of us to go back soon.  How dizzy we've all become with the comings and goings of our lives in the last three years.  In that time I have purchased a house and sold the same, moved, changed profession (paralegal/office manager to homeschooling mom).  B lost his first wife to cancer, lost his father, was downsized from his job of 22 years.  Two of the children lost a mom, one moved from a school and lost friends and changed to homeschooling, and all three were cross adopted.  We got married, all had recently changed churches, lost and gained friends.  We have done a lot of traveling in the last three years--part of that pulling a pop-up camper with a mini-van for a  6-week adventure around the United States and Canada.  As anyone can see, our travels have not been limited to the physical, but have also been emotional, spiritual, and mental.  

Sometimes only in retrospect can we see the Hand of God weaving all of the details together--and what a Master He is!  B and I share a new favorite song by Lora Story, called Blessings.  It brings a tear to our eyes every time we hear it, but we see what He has given us as blessings.  No matter where He is taking us; no matter from where He's brought us, we are thankful that we are traveling and that this place that we call home, is nothing like the Home that we'll have with Him in Heaven for an eternity.  We are deeply grateful and appreciative of even these trials that we have faced here on Earth because they also bring great blessing.  We are all just travelers here, the question is, "What is your final destination?"