Monday, January 09, 2006
home from vacation
in a trip where we thought jenny was going to be able to visit home on vacation, i think we realized the all to familiar phrase "we cannot go home again," what it actually meant. it is not that you cannot go and visit, but in reality it is not your home anymore. we have settled here in pulaski. with as much fun as we had, i have seen how much our lives have really changed in the 1 1/2 we have been married. things have changed. we have changed. we have grown together in to who we are and where we now call home. indiana is now a place where she grew up, a place where we met in college and the place where we came together as one. but it is no longer our home.we were able to have a great time in indiana and today was my first day back to the church for office hrs in which at least seemed like forever. but really it has been two weeks. after logos, jenny and i made the trek out to indiana to visit friends and family members. it was a fun time as we were able to see titus, steve and michelle mowat's six month old, for the first time. we were able to see all the changes on the iwu campus. (it really seems very big now.) we visited with college friends mike and manda light.we were able to visit with family and really for the first time in 6 months, relaxed, watched a lot of football. but when it came right down to it. i missed being in pulaski. i wanted to be able to go back and share life with the teens. i wanted to be there for youth group. i wanted to watch the patriots game with some one else who cared.i very much enjoyed the vacation. it was much needed time away and time together with family. but what i am trying to say, is that is nice to have a new home. a place to experience life. a great place to be involved in a growing ministry. i love this area despite the 24 inches of snow a day and the distance from our immediate family.God really has brought us to this place, that already holds a special place in our hearts. i am only looking forward to seeing what will happen in the future. but i really am home now from vacation.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
I share your perspective in that our parents' house is no longer "home" to us. For us, though, since we are still attempting to figure out where we belong, I have a hard time seeing Ohio as home. I doubt we will settle and raise family here.
Psalm 84 talks about making God a dwelling place. For someone like me, still attempting to find where a fit in, feeling like a nomad, I find comfort knowing that I do have a place I can call home. God is my home, the place where I truly dwell; and wherever I am, if He is with me, I can be at home.
Blessings.
Great writing and you are right, there is "no place like home." It's amazing that any place that God has led you can feel like home after a certain amount of time. I really enjoyed your writing on Logos. While there will always be complaints and critiques (often valid) it is good to know that lives are always changed in spite of our blunderings thanks to God's abundant and amazing grace. I think it's great that you get to be a part of your teens' lives as they experience that!
Nate ,
It is good to hear you call pulaski home , even though you have made changes to the youth so much that I wonder if it still is home . I mean that youth room has soooooooo many memories in it , I know it is always time to move on , but even though ppl say it Change is not always good , maybe there has been to much change to fast , but no matter what this is my home , even though I was born in Canada and raised in Buffalo , Pulaski will always be the home of my heart , and Iam glad to have you be apart of that home - Gabs
Hi, Nate. It's been years, but I came across your blog when I was on Keith Drury's website and then I saw your wedding photo in "The Triangle". Congratulations! You seem to be doing very well. To see what's going on with me, check out my website: www.michellemccallum.com
Michelle (D'Amico) McCallum
Post a Comment