I feel like this has become the most confusing concept while in college...I can't seem to figure where "home" truly is. I'll go "home" to where I grew up, but then I'll go back "home" to school and somehow they both feel comfortable, normal. Sometimes when in either place, I even forget about the other place. While in one place, I'll quickly adjust to life there and do the same in the other place, almost like I'm one person living in two places.

When at school, we adjust pretty quickly to our routine of classes, work, and other responsibilities. We take care of ourselves and enjoy being surrounded by friends all the time and doing things on our own. We go to the local coffee shops, eat at the same local restaurants, and do everything like someone who has lived there their whole life. We make it home.

But then we go home, to the place where we grew up, and everything changes all over again. We go back to our routine there, where we go to the same gym, pass the same high school every day, and see the same people, just like we always have, like nothing ever changed. While sometimes this home feels a little different now that we've left, it still feels like home in no time.

Home is defined as the place where one lives permanently, but is this my permanent home? More than likely, no. I personally don't plan on living in my small college town forever, but that doesn't mean this isn't my home, right?

Home is a comfort, it's where you feel safe but where you can try new things. It's where you can be yourself. Ultimately, home is something you have within you. When you accept Jesus and trust in Him, home is anywhere that you are and anywhere that you want it to be. You have comfort, protection, and freedom to be who you are because Jesus loves you no matter what. Our home is within Him and one day, in heaven, we are just adventuring through the world right now.

Finding our home in Jesus will only lead to more blessings. The Lord created us with the intent of us having relationships. He will give us the people we need and the people who need us. He will take care of all the little details we just need to be still and trust, because while home seems like a confusing thing right now, we have an eternal home in Him.