At Home in the Promised Land
- Sherry Coyle
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 27
"By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. . ." (Hebrews 11:9)
Morning by morning, day after day, through the varying seasons of life, we make our “home in the promised land” of the Creator's Holy Word.
It’s the place we let our hair down, the place where there’s no pretense, no fronts, no having it all together.
A place that’s real. And raw. And revealing.
A place of tears and sorrows, but also laughter and joy.
Abundant, oft-indescribable joy.
After all, it’s home.
It’s our blazing hearth and much-needed warmth during the icy-cold blasts of life.
It's our refreshing dip in the living water when the sweltering heat of Satan and sin seeks to beat us down, wear us out.
Our place of security, renewal, and peace that shuts out Earth's clamorous noise and competing distractions.
It’s our counsel, our correction, our comfort.
The sacred abode where the wisdom, authority, and affirmations of the Holy Trinity are wondrously unveiled.
It's our personal sanctuary in this temporary life on earth.
In His land of promise, hope, and longing.
The only home a stranger in a foreign land is truly at rest.
The impenetrable, tranquil fortress our loving Father graciously gave as we sojourn to our Forever Home.
There is no place like home.....this Holy Spirit inspired writing has reached to the very deepest part of my soul and my being relating in a way that quite frankly just goes beyond words into groaning's that only our intercessor can understand and communicate on our behalf. Sherry, my dear sister in love, thank you for this gift of inspired thought put down in words so powerfully spoken. "This world is not my home I'm just a passin' through".....Never more at home are we than in His Holy word. May he prosper these writings into the hearts of multitudes who will be encouraged, inspired and know they are loved by a sojourner so solidly planted in her faith. Can't …