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26th February 2009

We've just come home from a family holiday to Japan. This was the first time overseas for our 6 month old daughter. Not so, for our 3 year old son. He's already given his passport a bit of a workout.

Nigel and I love travelling. We've been to some pretty amazing places here in Oz (every state!) but also been overseas almost every year since we met. Japan was my first time going to a predominantly non-English-speaking country. But that's a whole different story.

Imagine our surprise when a few days into the holiday our son told us he wanted to go home! It's not like he wasn't having fun. He was living a kid's dream. He'd been at Disneyland and Disneysea - riding his first rollercoasters and seeing his favourite characters. He was buying new toys every day. He got to eat a doughnut for dinner one night ;) He was the centre of attention, attracting lots of photos and stares.

But he wanted to go home.

We tried asking what it was about home that he missed but it's hard to get a straight answer from a 3-year-old - try it sometime.

Perhaps he missed the familiarity of his home. His toys. His bed. His TV. We might never know.

Psalm 27:4 popped into my head:

"The one thing I ask of the Lord- the thing I seek most- is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord's perfections and meditating in his Temple."

I started to wonder...how homesick do I get for God and God's house? Is living in God's house the "thing I seek most?" Other things may be good but God's house is great. Other things may be great but God's house is better. Am I too busy delighting in God's creation to delight in God's house? Am I too distracted by day to day life or the fun of holidays to spend time with God? How about you?

My prayer is that I would become homesick for God's house.

Sandy