Finding Our Way Home

Let me tell you about the most lost I’ve ever been! Picture this: new city -- the megacity of Austin, unfamiliar streets, traffic backed up, and me, utterly convinced I could find my way back home without asking for directions. Spoiler alert: I missed my road home.

I circled the same blocks, each turn leaving me more bewildered than the last. I felt like a contestant on a wacky game show called "Lost -- Needs to be Found"!

It was new surroundings, new location, and new lifestyle (from a house to an apartment community). I felt a deep sense of being unanchored. What had been familiar and a comfort zone, made me feel like I had lost my footing.

And losing my footing made me feel like I’d lost a part of myself. How could I ever get back to feeling secure?

Lost. Unanchored. Maybe you've been there. A divorce. New school. A new job. A loved one passes on.

Unanchored. That’s how I felt. But never should we stop at lost! I soon realized that "home" is not a place. What is it? Rather, WHO is it?

God, our Anchor, is our home. Anchored. That's the answer with God. He is our home. He is our homeland and constant that keeps us steady.

When everything else changes, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). In Him, we find our true home.

Home is where the heart is, and for those of us who are believers, our heart is hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3). There’s only surrender, trusting that God has us securely anchored.

Change is normal, but God keeps us in perfect peace when our minds are stayed on Him. Abide in that peace, in that home, anchoring ourselves in God’s eternal embrace.

So, no matter how lost you may feel, remember this: God is our home. And with Him, we are always found.