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This post is about why we need home. This is actually why I have felt called to create this blog! Bonnie Pue, my fellow author and blogger friend wrote this just for us. Read on, friend as I know you will enjoy her thoughts as much as I have. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home is wherever I\u2019m with you.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"WHY<\/a>
Image by Sofia Iivarinen<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Home is not about a style of furniture or decor.\nHome is not about seasonal pillows and throws, or charcuterie boards and\nhosting dinner parties on the weekend. It is not about having clean baseboards\nor a manicured front lawn, though those things are certainly enjoyable and are\na nice touch. But at the core of it all, true home is about being welcomed to\ncome in as you are. Home is saying, \u201cI thought of you and thought you might\nlike this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home is about being surrounded by others, who\ninvite you to exist in their presence, even though they are vastly different\nthan you. It is about being enjoyed, and about enjoying others, whether in\nresounding volumes or in silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home is where you are safe to process the\nfailures and sorrows of the day. Home is the place that celebrates your\nsuccesses. It is where you are deeply known, quirks and mistakes included, yet\nloved and invited close anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be loved but not known is comforting but superficial.<\/p>

To be known and not loved is our greatest fear.<\/p>

But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved like God.”<\/p>Tim Keller<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Home, as it was designed to be, is a taste of\nheaven. It is a resting place at the end of a day, at the end of an adventure,\nat the end of a battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanity desperately needs a place to come\nhome.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Developmental psychology tells us that true\nmaturity only comes from a place of relational rest. You can hustle hard,\nattempting to master yourself and overcome your flaws, but it will all just be\nbehavioural modification if there is not a sense of belonging that comes along\nwith it. Without relationship, we are left striving to fit in, to get ahead and\nto prove oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every child and every human was made to be able\nto take off the backpack of life\u2019s pressures when they come into the presence\nof at least one person. Too many men and women don\u2019t know where that safe place\nis for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our hearts are ready to come home.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maybe it all started with the desire for gender\nequality back in the 1960\u2019s. Goodness, we sure needed something to change.\nThere had been so much emphasis on women finding their identity in\nhusband-finding, baby-making and bread-baking that other areas of their\npersonhood and passions were being neglected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universities had fewer females enrolled in the\n1950\u2019s than they did in the 1920\u2019s. The stereotypes were even more potent than\nthey are today, with numerous laws that discriminated simply on the basis of\nsex. Certain strands of education and career were seen as simply too difficult\nfor girls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong, loud voices rose up, trying to bring\nequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trouble I see, is that in trying to say,\n\u201cWoman are powerful and smarter than we\u2019ve collectively given them credit for\u201d,\n(which is true) they began to criticize the home as the place that kept them\nfrom finding fulfillment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of the home being spoken of as a\nsanctuary, it was cursed as a prison. Instead of it being treasured as a safe\nharbour for people to be able to return back to, it was considered the iron\nanchor that hindered dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mindset spread and the home became\nneglected. Men and women began to run away from home in the hopes of finding\nthemselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wanderlust is a real thing, but so is\nhomesickness, and I dare say that we are now living in the midst of a\ngeneration who is longing for a home to run back to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say that home is where the heart is.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Men and women, you are the ones who are empowered to turning a house into a home for others. When you show up in courageous vulnerability and selflessness, you push back loneliness on behalf of others. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may just taste like an oatmeal cookie or look\nlike a folded pile of laundry, but it is sowing something into your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you make changes to the physical appearance of your house, adding unique furniture pieces, painting a fresh colour on the walls, or adding photography and art pieces, remember that you are framing an important place where memories are made and hearts can be at rest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonnie has been married to Bryan for nearly 12 years now. Together they have five sons,<\/g> and are leaders in their local church. They also have founded The Union Movement, which is a ministry dedicated to sharing truth<\/g> about God’s design for relationships and sexuality. She loves getting out in nature, trying new things, and eating sushi. Some women love shoes, but Bonnie prefers stationary and tries to journal as often as she can. <\/em>Check out her blog at find<\/a>yoursanctuary.ca\/<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"WHY<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Looking for a way to create a home you love coming home to? Redesign<\/a>, my book teaches how you can restore your heart and create a cozy home while enjoying the ones you love<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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