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“I will walk in my house with a blameless heart.” Psalm 101:2b (NIV)

 Love to travel.  Love those plush hotel towels, no meals to cook  and  no endless list of things to do.  We live for vacations by the beach,   a retreat from the busy life.  Sleeping in and splashing through the ocean waves. But there’s no place like home – opening up that door after being away – walking back into familiar –yes, there’s nothing sweeter.    Sleeping in our own bed.  Children reunited with their favorite toys.  It’s the feel of being ourselves.  No pretenses.   Just comfy clothes, our favorite snack and a good read.  It’s the stuff we love to do – relaxing, chilling – being real behind those four walls.  What’s your real look like?   Would your friends be surprised or shocked?  Would they find the sweet Bible study girl yelling at her husband and children?  Would they find a stack of questionable reads tucked away next to the bed?  Would the drama that constantly ignites fires around the kitchen table send us running for cover? In the secret place we call home,  the psalmist reminds us to walk and do life clean.  You know like really live out what we teach and inspire others to do.  You know like guarding what we put before our eyes, in our minds and recorded on our laptops.  Yes, home is our comfy place, but let’s not let it be the place where we relax our convictions or treat others worse than the ones we rub shoulders with at work.  Let’s walk clean drawing little ones to follow in our ways.  Let’s talk clean showering those we love the most with kind and life empowering words.  Let’s walk in freedom knowing that the real “us” is bathed  in grace and clothed in His righteousness – there’s no place like home.

 “Father, welcome to my home – may it be a place that truly honors You.”

For His Glory

Janet Martin
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