Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home, how sweet it is!

We are unpacked and settling in to our new surroundings. It has been exciting and exhausting. Each day brings about new challenges and new projects. As I was unpacking and trying to figure out where everything should go, what looks best, what fits best where, what is most functional, etc. I was reflecting on the sayings about a home... "home sweet home", "home is where your heart is", etc. I camped on that last one for a bit. You see, the home may have changed, but what dwells within is still the same. Our address is new, every room in our house is new and different, but we are all the same. We bring into our home the same things that have always been.... the Reeders. Each with our own unique gifts, talents and issues. The heart issues, the things we struggle with and dream about. So even as everything is different it is all very much the same. Just as a church building is made of brick and stone, it is just a building, the church is made up of the people. Our new house is just a house, we the Reeders are making it home.
So, I knew that I must not let the heart issues have free reign. I knew that I needed to draw near to God more than ever. He must be the one that directs my thoughts, my attitude, my every day. Left to my own devices I am a complete and total mess. It is only by his grace and sovereignty in my life that any of it becomes sweet.
We are still making adjustments and probably will be adjusting for quite a while, but as we do so, I plan to adjust according to God's leading.

And, just so you don't think we will settle into a life of boredom. We will be adding an addition to the family soon. We are going to get a dog and try this one more time. Maybe as soon as the weekend, but we will see. That is new and exciting too. And, before we can completely adjust to having a new critter to love, school will be starting. So there will not be a dull moment and life will carry on at top speed. Catch us when you can!