Home is where the heart is...

   If home is where the heart is then I consider myself to have a few different homes. I was married in February and moved from my hometown of Leander, Texas all the way to Atlanta, Georgia. Since then I have been asked by multiple people if Georgia really felt like HOME. I will be honest the first few months of marriage I would have kindly responded " Yes, it is not much different from Texas." That would be my answer but deep down inside I knew it was a lie. Georgia did not feel like my home and the only life I have ever known was back in Texas. I didn't have my family, I was in a different place with no friends. I felt somewhat alone.
 
   Now I don't want you to think I was miserable and that I was regretting getting married and moving a thousand miles away from my family. Marrying my husband was the GREATEST decision of my life. I was more than willing to sacrifice my life in Texas for the opportunities that were ahead in Georgia. But part of me was still empty from the family that was missing. If you know me, you know that my family is everything to me. Up until I was married, I lived with my parents and my parents were my best friends. My siblings were a big part of my life and my niece and nephews were a light in my life. The greatest joy in my life was watching my baby nephew grow up. With moving, I lost this and it was the hardest thing I have ever dealt with in my life. If you ask my husband he would tell you of the many nights I would stay up crying wanting to go back home. I would sometimes plead to go back and several times we made plans to move back.

   The plans always fell through and I was always left wondering "Why would God let me be so far away from my family, when it hurt so much?" He must have a reason why and a plan for all of this. After many prayers and conversations with my husband and family; I came to a realization. God's plan was not only to make me stronger but also to make my relationship with Him and my husband stronger. I was completely reliant on God and my husband. I finally gave up my worries and gave them to God. I gave my complete trust into Him that He was doing the best that was for me.

   After a few months of praying and giving my all to the good Lord. I saw a change and a big one at that. I was no longer crying and pleading to go home. I had a sense of peace in my heart that this is where  I belong. I now feel like I am HOME. Even though Texas will always have a piece of my heart and I will always miss my family with everything that I have. I feel like this is where I need to be. Now when people ask me if Georgia feels like home I can look at them and give them a "Yes" without hesitation. I know that if one day God wants me to go back to Texas then He will make it happen. I have many homes now but this is "Our Home" and a beginning to a very happy chapter.

Todays Verse: Genesis 2:24 - 
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.