Homesick

     I'm homesick. Even though I am at home sitting right in my cozy little living room, I still have the strange feeling that I am not where I am meant to be. Now don't worry, I am happily married and love my family, but there is a distant ache inside that yearns for my real home. God gives me beautiful glimpses everyday of Heaven while I am here on earth and though those glimpses are good and satisfy, they make me long for what I know will one day come. I look forward to seeing the face of the One that made me, the One that knows me like no one else ever could. The One that saw this broken girl and recognized the potential that even I couldn't see. I long for peace, no more sorrow, no more suffering, no more crying.                       
     This world seems to have so much to offer...get what you want, get it now, its all about you. I used to think that was what I wanted. Now I know that its what I depise. I want to live in a world where people love one another, where a neighbor is someone you actually know, where you don't have to worry about your kids playing in the front yard. Praise God that one day this will be a reality. My current world will seem so insignificant in the eyes of eternity. The little things that get me down and the earthshaking things that make me sad will be history.
      So, what do you do when you are homesick? Well I Googled that very question and here is what the answer was...
"If you are homesick like a child away from his/her parents then I think you should call whoever you miss, but keep yourself busy until they get back so that you don't think to much about it."
Sounds like a simple answer but it actually makes quite alot of sense! I need to talk to my parent (God) by praying and communicating with Him and I need to keep myself busy until He comes back. That is exactly what Matthew 28:19 says to do, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." That should keep me busy!