This has been an exciting week.

 

Luke and Brianna are getting married soon and all of us helped move their stuff into their new home. Three vehicles and one trailer filled with household goods and furniture transported their belongings from one place to another.  Box after box was packed and moved.

Whew. What a big job. But that’s what you do on move-in day.

All this excitement and flurry took me back to 1989 when my husband and I set up our first apartment. We rented a small, one-bedroom unit in Lake Hiawatha, N.J., where we packed in all our earthly belongings.

We didn’t have much at first –wedding gifts and a number of second-hand furniture pieces – but it was home for us.

This tiny place was ours for four years. We enjoyed living there, but always knew it was temporary. We didn’t spend much money to fix things up, as we wanted to save our money for when we got our “real home.”

Four years later we moved to Ohio. Here we purchased a small house on Main Street. It was a great starter home, but again we knew it would be temporary and spent only as much as was needed to make it comfortable.

Finally, we purchased the home we live in now. This farmhouse was just what we always dreamed of owning.

It was in great disrepair and over the years we have sunk lots of cash into bringing it back to life. Our kids have spent their growing up years here and enjoyed the opportunity a country home can bring.

While we finally settled in this place, I have come to realize that nothing has really changed. This brick two-story and lovely property is still not our “real home.”

As the old country hymn states, “This world is not my home. I’m just a passin’ through.” Our real and final home is in heaven. All the fixing up and money spent on any home here is only for a short stay. That’s why it is important to keep the right perspective on earth living: it is only temporary.

Making an eternal investment in our heavenly home a priority is the wisest thing to do.

I am so excited for Luke and Brianna as they start their lives together. If they are like us they will probably live in a number of different places before they reach their “real home.” But even that will not be their final dwelling.

For Christians the last move will be the easiest. We will leave our dwellings and stuff here, and settle down in heaven for eternity. And what a move-in day that will be.

Sandra Sheridan is a Midwest wife and mother of five. She shares her messages to her children with Farm World. Visit her at www.VersesFromMama.com