Are You Home for Christmas?

Psalm 90

I was listening to Christmas music on the radio, baking way too many Christmas goodies, and the song "I'll be Home for Christmas" came on.  My heart instantly dipped as a tear slipped down my cheek.   Two years ago, on Christmas Eve night, I received the call no one wants to get.  My hero Daddy had passed away.  "Home" is different than it used to be and I can't help but feel the pain.  My blessings overflow, little feet and lots of laughter fill my home, yet part of me is empty.  Maybe "home" is different for you too.  You may be across the world serving our Lord while family is in the States, maybe divorce has ripped your happy memories apart, or maybe dreams are unfulfilled and unrealized for one more year.  However, in the midst of our pain, our Lord has a sweet word to mend our broken hearts.

Psalm 90 was written by Moses.  A man who spent a total of 80 years in the dessert, a nomad for our Lord.  His life was probably not like he pictured, yet he was obeying God's call on his life.  Even though he was in essence homeless, he writes, "Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.  Before the mountains were born or you gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting you are God." 

The Lord was Moses's home.  You know what?  He is my home too.  He in all His fullness invites you to come home!  The word "home" may look and feel different.  We can either dwell on feelings or in the fact that our Lord is our dwelling place.  Although it was Christmas time when I lost my loved one, it is because of Christmas, Jesus coming to earth in the form of a baby and dying as a sacrifice for my sins, that I can see my loved one again.  Christmas is not a time for sorrow, even in death, it is a time of great rejoicing.  Christmas is not a time of loneliness, because of Christmas, we received a companion that will never leave... Emmanuel!

This Christmas, come home to your Savior.  Rest in His dwelling place.  Feel the fullness of His presence.  Breathe in His unquenching joy and peace.  He is waiting with arms open wide to welcome you home.