Looking for a home by John Fischer |
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Suzan said it well: "There is something here on Earth in our everyday lives we are to be, see, do, know. Why else would our amazing and omnipotent God put us on this planet rather than just create us already home? If we spend our time here not having been, seen, done, or known, I believe we are being awfully arrogant in the face of our God, who gave us this extraordinary gift!"
God did not bring us into this world already home. We came into this world screaming our lungs out - virtually homeless. In fact, that's what sets us breathing. If we're not crying at birth, there's usually something wrong. 
We do not begin life in this world celebrating our homecoming; we begin wrenched away from the only home we've known so far: our mother's womb. No wonder we cry. We are alone, destitute, helpless and if you pick us up, chances are you will get a piece of our mind about it, not happy cooing. And from that moment on, we are looking for a home and never fully satisfied that we've found one in this world.
Some of us are fortunate enough to find it in the warmth of a loving family. That family creates in us a sense of home, but we soon find out it is temporary. If we live to a ripe old age, we discover that home dismantled, and ourselves, seeking to create another home for those we were a part of bringing into the world. We try with varying levels of success and dysfunction to make a home, but even then, we are constantly aware of the limited nature of our efforts.
They say home is where the heart is, and that is why we at the Catch are purveyors of a gospel of welcome - one that welcomes all wandering souls without distinction. As Christ has welcomed us in our sin and dysfunction, so we welcome others who, like us, are seeking a place to belong - a place where they are accepted, forgiven and loved for who they are, no questions asked. The body of Christ on earth is our true home away from home, and because of that, we are home and almost home at the same time.
Realize, today, the sense in which we all are without a home and be that home for someone, as Suzan wrote, "Be, see, do, know." Be that welcome. Be a home away from home. See the need. Give acceptance, forgiveness and love to someone today, for is that not truly what we all seek?
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John Fischer
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