I think there is something that most of us find familiar, and that is the homeyness of the holidays. The cool weather, happy-smiley time invites us to find thankfulness in our hearts and to celebrate a type of warmth that just rests easy on our souls.

I have found that we also bend easier in this time. Like a thin piece of plastic over the dimmest candle, we bend and find ourselves not so strong. Maybe it's the opposite for some of us, but for those that find "home" a little weakening, this is for you.

Home is beautiful. I wouldn't rather be anywhere else in the world than home. (Especially if you are a travel bug, you may be able to relate to me well.) But however you feel about home, it is a place that reverberates familiarity, whether it be family, friends or environment, we all know this place well. We know our favorite grocery store and the cheapest gas station, we know where not to drive at night and we know how to get where we want to go. And because of these things, we feel free. Honestly, it's a wonder, but not having to use GPS or research everything, frees our time and energy to just live easy. But, living easy isn't always the best thing for us.

Living a life of homey-simplicity can seem to be so beneficial in the beginning. We have time to run, time to live, time to meet up with friends, rest with family, and even more time to spend with God. It feels right and it almost feels like it is where we should be. I think of it like that couch or mattress that you fill so comfortably. The one that you sink into and you never want to get up from. But that's just what home or the feeling of home can be like, and that is kind of dangerous.

We aren't meant to be a people who sit and fill one space. We are meant to go into all the world.

And I hope you can understand what I am saying here. Home is not always a specific space, but it's a state of mind. People need contentment and people need to enjoy where they are, but if it causes us to spur off mission than, I don't believe it is worth it for us.

It's not worth it to be so comfortable that we don't make moves or take chances to see change in life around us.

"Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere..." Psalm 84:10

I really believe that no matter where we are we can be in His courts. No matter how comfortable we feel or how disagreeable our environment, we can be content in His courts, and in the right way. In His courts, it's never too much or too little. We never find ourselves lacking and we never bear too much. In His courts is fullness of life. Fullness, completion, and satisfaction all are sourced by Him, not a place in this world.

I trust that God is continually doing beneficial things with my being that He has made new. Whether I feel lax or busy, I know He is greater than the agenda that I am wrapped up in. I think it all comes down to a lot of trust (and if there is such a thing as pixie dust, than that too). But seriously, if you've found yourself flustered by how you feel being relaxed/at home/during the holidays, just trust that God is totally and completely capable of being who He is where you are. That His strength is granted to you. That in your weakness, He is made strong.