Seeing God's Faithfulness in the Shadow of GriefSample

You and I are both traveling from our temporary home to a final destination, and God wants to be your companion on that journey. And if He is your companion, it means that you can be at home, right now, wherever you are. Whatever storms blow through your life, you can be assured that He is there with you.

You’ve probably heard the saying, “The journey is the destination.” When you are walking with God, you can find peace and comfort and purpose right now. In 2 Corinthians 5:9, Paul continues: “So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.” As my good friend Rebekah Lyons wrote in her book You Are Free, “Home is wherever God is and God is ever with me.” That is a comforting thought as we journey through life. Even if our temporary tent gets the worst of it through the blustering tempests, we are at home with Him, even now.

God is in heaven, yes. Therefore, heaven is home. But God can be with you and me right now.

Moses, certainly a man who knew what it meant to travel, one who lived in tents and was well acquainted with the trials of a long and arduous journey, wrote these words in a psalm which most scholars believe came from his hand: “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust’” (Psalm 91:1-2 ESV). And, as the apostle Paul reminds us, God doesn’t just dwell with us; He dwells in us. He prays, “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith” (Ephesians 3:16-17 NKJV, italics added).

This is one of most important things that has been confirmed in my heart through the whole experience of losing Wynter. I hope, through my stories, to share the comfort and peace I have found in the midst of grieving. I’m confident that you’ll be reminded that God is our true home. He has the power to help you through any hardship, loss, pain, or difficulty, just as He has done for me. He will be your shelter—your home—through every step of the way.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging (Psalm 46:1-3).