Roots

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7

The past year has been an interesting one, to say the least.  Over a year ago we began making plans to take our road ministry off the road - to try to settle down in one place and begin to establish some "roots".  We were at a transition point in life, so it seemed like the logical move.  My son was moving on to do some local ministry apart from the family; my husband was hoping to return to school; my daughter just wanted to have a "normal" life.

Well, here we are almost a year later, and without going into all the gory details (you can read some of my previous blogs if you're wondering), let's just say that life hasn't gone at all like we expected that it would.  I feel like I am no closer to having "roots" than I was a year ago.

So it was on this matter that I found myself crying out to God this week... Okay, so it's more like I was whining to God, bemoaning the fact that life isn't happening and that I just want to put down some roots.  And, as He does so often and so well, He directed me back to His Word. 

Roots, He reminded me, are not tied into housing arrangements and jobs.  My roots are to be in Him.  The foundation I am called to concern myself with is not a concrete (or pier and beam) foundation for a physical house, but rather it is a foundation of a life built upon faith in Jesus Christ.  And frankly, in my search for physical roots, my faith has wavered, the inevitable response to a misdirected focus.

So now it's time to redirect!  While I'd still love to have a house without wheels underneath, this is incidental.  Maybe it will happen someday. In the meantime, I must stop concerning myself with getting rooted in a city or a neighborhood, house or job.  Letting my roots grow down into Him - that's where my life can finally feel stable again, whether or not my house moves.

So, yeah... It really is time to put down more roots.  I'm looking forward to settling down!

That's... Just a thought...