a place to call "home"

I have been told a few times, "Sheri, I am surprised you bought a home."

Or, I have been asked, "why?"

There are financial considerations - low interest rates, rock bottom prices, a tax-deduction and what I call "rent control" (meaning no annual increase on rent pricing).

There are space considerations - I was limited on how many guests I could have at our apartment and we really had no space for overnight guests.

But, mostly it was emotional considerations. Kenyon prefers a place to call home and I needed to end the "transitional" feeling.  It was NOT good for my psyche to live in an apartment where I felt like I could pick up and leave at any time...mostly because I really wanted to pick up and leave. Mentally, I needed to feel like I was staying in a place.

I recently shared this with my Uncle who then shared a scripture with me.  This was originally given to the Jews, but as their decedent I am claiming it too.

2 Samuel 7:9, 10
I [God] have been with you wherever you have gone...And I will provide a place for my people and will plant them so they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed...


That is my prayer for our home. That it will be established by God, for a purpose. That it will be a peaceful place, a place of rest - where we, as well as others, can come and no longer be disturbed. There are plenty of disturbing things in this world, peaceful places are too few and far between.

just Sheri, praying God will establish our home