I've been pondering and I am just so ready to have a home. I hate moving from place to place, making friends, then leaving them.... getting to know a city, then leaving it... becoming involved in a church, then leaving it... and Lord knows I hate packing and moving.
I'm from Oak Ridge- a nice little town outside of Knoxville. I had a great time growing up there- I always felt safe, I had a good church home, and an excellent education. I lived there for 18 years.
Then I went off to college. Chattanooga, TN was my "home" for four years. I loved it there. I met my husband there. :)
Then I graduated and moved to Knoxville, TN because I was going to grad school. After my two summer classes, I decided that I was too sick to pursue any further education at that point. So I hung out for a while and worked at Walgreens for 8 months.
Then Chris and I decided we were too far away from each other, so I followed him and moved to Memphis, TN. I never did feel like Memphis was my home, but I made some of my best friends there, I had a wonderful church family and an amazing job. And a really cute house.
Then Chris graduated from medical school and off we went to Lexington, KY. We'll live here for at least 4 years... just enough time for it to feel like "home."
So I guess the saying is true that "home is where the heart is..." but when your heart is shared across a million different places, where's home?

We are just passing through on earth....we won't be truly HOME until we go back to be with God....this is just temporary and a big test for us and an opportunity to know God and grow in a relationship with Him!
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Where ever Chris is will be your home and I'm sure the same goes for him.
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