Homeward Bound

Last weekend I was able to go home for the first time since Christmas and I was super excited! I was only home for four days, but boy did we put those four days to good use. I think the only time I got to sit down in the house was when I was eating, sewing skirts, or sleeping! But I loved every minute of it. It was so good to be back where people knew who I was and who cared about how I was doing. It was great to be needed and have sisters begging you to drive them around. In fact I didn't realize how much I was loving it until I was on the airplane back to school and started crying. I had been so busy that I didn't realize how much fun I was having until I was trapped in an airplane and leaving it all behind once again.

I've been thinking about that a lot lately and I keep thinking about my heavenly home. I think sometimes we get so caught up in life here that we don't realize how much we yearn and long to return to our heavenly home. I think how hard it must have been for us to leave our Heavenly Father's embrace and for Him to let us leave and how wonderful it will be when we get to return to His loving and waiting arms. Then we will truly be home.

 In the quiet misty morning

When the moon has gone to bed,

When the sparrows stop their singing

And the sky is clear and red,

When the summer's ceased its gleaming

When the corn is past its prime,

When adventure's lost its meaning -

I'll be homeward bound in time

Bind me not to the pasture

Chain me not to the plow

Set me free to find my calling

And I'll return to you somehow

- Marta Keen