God is creating for me a home. I grew up in Portland and never questioned home or belonging before, until He burdened my heart for the Romanian people and Romania. When I first set foot in Romania, it instantly felt like home and my lungs expanded for far greater than I thought was ever possible. I felt unleashed, fully alive, FREE. In returning to the States, I felt like I was leaving “home” to go back to the place I had always known, the place I had lived all my life. I’ve lived, longing for home, longing to return to Romania, but God has moved me to Gig Harbor, for a time… And it is here, a place I anticipated for transition, that is becoming home. Although a piece of my heart will always be in Romania and I will always consider it home, what I do know is that the place is RIGHT HERE, where He has placed me. And as Erwin says in Soul Cravings, “Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community, and belonging, and we are all searching for home.”
January 25th, 2007 © allthis
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