A prayer for a new home by Bethany Pyle.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from

God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

2 Corinthians 5-1.

In the midst of organizing everything for a move to a new city, I did what most people

my age do in stressful situations.

I called my mom.

She listened to my worries and reminded me of the time she, my dad and their new baby,

not me, hopped a plane to South Korea.

They'd been ordered there for the next three years, and my mother was furious.

The language was unfamiliar, the food was beyond strange, and all of her friends and family

were on the other side of the world, literally.

It made my own move within the state seem so insignificant.

But whether God is leading you to the next town or across the world, moving is stressful.

Everything is new and unfamiliar and uncomfortable.

It's hard to feel at home in this new environment, at least for a while.

Scramble for something familiar, perhaps you rush to have the house set up as soon as

possible, or spend all your time on the phone or online with old friends, or creatures

of comfort, and we long for something familiar and homey.

But in the midst of so much change, one thing in our lives never will change.

Our salvation and Christ, He's the same today, tomorrow, and forever, no matter where

you find yourself calling home.

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