Finding Home: Where Your Heart Can Finally Rest

Home is more than an address or a roof over our heads. It’s that deep sense of “this is where I belong” – a place where our hearts can finally exhale. Even a simple tent in the Southern Alps can become that kind of space: a marked point on the map, a shelter you long to return to when the wind picks up.

In John 14, Jesus speaks into deep anxiety and fear by offering exactly this: the promise of a prepared place, an eternal home where we are fully known and fully welcomed. That hope doesn’t just shape our future; it reshapes our present. As Jesus prepares a home for us, we’re invited to build homes here – spaces of safety, welcome, and belonging for others.

Psalm 46

The Psalms say that all we can do is long for God, thirst for God, remember God, hope in God, sing God’s word, praise God, and look to God. And in just about every Psalm, from Psalm 1 to Psalm 150. Every Psalm ends with more or less, the Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Wait

Jesus appeared to the disciples over a period of forty days after his resurrection and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Wait…