What Makes A Home? 8/12/2016

Good Morning,

Friday showed up just like it promised and I for one am happy it did. My cup of Door County Cinnamon Pecan Ice Cream Coffee and an ice cold peach are making the morning a little special.

We have lived in our house since 1994 and really have no intentions to leave. We are quite content to be right here. Through the years we have had great Christmas trees, furniture that was new and then needed to be replaced. We have some beautiful dishes, adequate clothing, appliances and I have a few stuffed animals hanging on the walls. The apple trees in the yard are now mature and have turned out a few thousand pieces of fruit. The fireplace is well used and is ready to go for this winter. There are pictures hanging on the walls and books on the shelves. The house withstood one small tornado and several huge snowstorms.

But all that stuff in abundance does not make a home.

Hebrews 3:4
For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

It is the people inside that make the home. A family with God at the head survives the tornadoes of life and weathers the storms. The "attitude" of the home is built with unconditional love, forgiveness, and kindness. Strangers are welcome. It should be used as an emergency room for others to come and get a meal, some love, respect and support. The house becomes a home when the word of God is alive and well in the home.

Joshua 24:15
¹⁵ But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

I see people with larger houses and they look beautiful. But all too often when I talk with some of the owners I find that they are still not happy. When I listen to them for awhile I come to the conclusion most of the time that the house is beautiful but it is not a home. They have a family inside that goes in two million different directions and does not put God at the head.

The people inside a house need that main element (God) to truly make the house a home. Friends if the house seems like four walls and the people inside are living like strangers, well? The one thing that makes a house a home is a family united in their relationship to God.

Only you know what is missing or just lacks enough of.  Hey don't just read this, do something about it. You are as close to God as you choose to be.

Have a great day!

Marty