When It's Hard · Loneliness
Far From Home
For when you feel: new city, moved away, homesick, missing family
Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not, and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.
The MinuteHomily
The boxes are half unpacked and the streets have no memories in them yet. Joshua knew a version of this ache. He stood on the far side of a river, facing a land where he knew no one, and God gave him a promise built to travel: "the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." God did not say the new place would feel like home quickly. He said that home, in the deepest sense, was coming along. Your zip code changed, but your Father's address didn't, and He was in this city before your boxes arrived. Homesickness is a compass too; it points at how well you loved and were loved. Carry that, and remember the God who "setteth the solitary in families" has done it in stranger places than this.
By the MinuteHomily editors
A prayer for this moment
Father, You crossed this river before I did. Be my home until this place becomes one, and set me among new family. Amen.
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.”
St. Augustine
Hymns for this moment
“Here I Am, Lord” · Dan Schutte
the going-where-You-send song
“Lead, Kindly Light” · St. John Henry Newman
One small step
Find one church service or group to visit this week. Walk in even if it's awkward.
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