Missing Home

I miss home from time to time. I get a bit homesick and I miss friends and family members. I think it's harder when one of the kids are having a rough day though. I found our daughter Eve staring out of the window this morning. She wasn't being her usual self if you know what I mean. Usually she's a pretty chipper person in the morning. Can I play? Can I have some breakfast? Can you color with me? Can I chase the dog around the flat a few times? You know...things that an eight year old likes to do. When we asked her what was wrong all she could spit out before the tears came was, "I miss home."

It's a hard part about being here. She has friends here that she adores. She always wants to see them and play with them. She looks forward to the next time she will see them...but she gets so homesick for her cousins and friends back home.

It passes and she's soon chasing our dog Piper around the flat again...it just tugs on our hearts to see our children hurting at all. It's something we have to work through and it stretches us to trust the Lord to comfort us. I know that this is part of the process and it grows us in ways we don't even see yet...but growing pains still ache.

A friend of ours has a quote on her facebook that says, "His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding hour by hour, The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower!
From Hannah Hurnard-Hearing Heart. I like this quote because it is a pure message of hope when you are stepping into the unknown and needing some reassurance.