Roots and Home

This week, in order to find God in our midst, we look into our family and the families we create together. Diana Butler Bass notices that sometimes we find wisdom in the oddest places, “for example, in a real-estate blog. Blogger David Marine writes:” ‘The English word “home” is from the Old English word hâm (not the pig), which actually refers to a village or estate where many “souls” are gathered. It implies there’s a physical dwelling involved, but the main idea is that it’s a gathering of people. One dictionary I came across online had an interpretation of the modern definition of home that I really like. It states that home is “the abiding place of the affections.” To me, that sums it up like nothing else. It’s not a building or a room, but a place where your love dwells. Home is the abiding place of the affections.’ So, if God is in our midst, with us and with(in) us, then we experience God in the many expressions of family in our lives, “the abiding place of the affections.” Bass believes that “the people who make up a household, those who create a home, are not always related by blood, nor do they always form customary legal or religious bonds. But making a home together is intended as a grace, a place of sacred habitation, a sign of God’s intent to dwell with all humankind.” Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804