This post is on my other blog, but thought it would be good to include here.  Since we have been active duty, I have grown a deep love for military families and the military women (spouses) that are as called to this lifestyle as our husbands are. 
My prayer is this post will speak to all women, but most especially to my sisters all over the world!

We are living overseas. My husband is an Army Chaplain and the Army decided that we should see Korea! Now I was raised in South Carolina, and really never thought I would leave the Southeast, much less America. I am so thankful we have had this opportunity to experience firsthand another country. We love Korea and the Korean people. But, we do experience home-sickness occasionally.
Yesterday, as we were driving around, we were met with the usual insanity on the roads here. See, the Korean traffic laws are really more like suggestions than actual laws to be obeyed. It makes for an interesting roadway ballet. The bad part is that we, as Americans, don't know all the steps to this particular ballet! It can be quite interesting and it caused me to think about what we are told about our time here on this earth.
In Hebrews 11, beginning in verse 9, then moving to verses 13 and 14, we are told about those that have gone before us and how they viewed themselves as aliens and strangers on this earth. They did not remember or long for the homes they left, they were longing for, looking forward to a better home, heaven. To say that it has been culture shock for us to move to Korea would be an understatement. We long for our American home. We so often talk about how we miss our "American food" or our "American roads." We miss being able to walk the streets and understand everyone talking around us. We miss just plain knowing where we are going and how to read the signs to get there! Small things we so often took for granted become overwhelming ordeals on some days. But, this is not our home. It is only temporary.
We should also feel that way about this earth that we live on. This is not our home. It is only temporary. Our true home is with Christ in heaven. No wonder we don't feel at home here. As we grow in Him and He shows us more and more of His true nature, we slowly become less at home here. That is the way it should be. Someone once told me that he believed that as the last days (whether that be 1 month or 1,000 years), draw closer, it would be easy to recognize who were believers and who hadn't yet made that step of faith. He believed that as the world grew darker, our lights would shine brighter. That is the way it should be, too. We are to put on His righteousness and to shine our lights in the world. We should look more and more like Jesus each day we are on this earth. That way, as the world becomes darker, people can more easily find us. Remember, if you claim Christ as your Saviour, you are the only tangible evidence of Him in this world that some people will ever see!
But in that growth process, we should also become less and less comfortable with our surroundings. Our hearts should long to go home. We should recognize that the more alien we feel in this world, the more difficult it will be for us to move about here. Just like we, as Americans, find everyday life a bit more difficult since we live in a foreign country, so we believers should find living on this earth causing our hearts to want to go home.
God is waiting for us. He is waiting for you. He has the porch light on. He has the fire lit...I can hear it crackling now and smell the sweet smell of the wood. He has a feast prepared for us. A feast like we have never seen before. I can smell the potpourri of scents. He will be waiting with an eternal hug. I can't wait. I long for home. Not just for SC or America, I long for my heavenly home, I long to sit with my Father and spend eternity in my one true Home.

Father God, I lift up my friend now. We are all searching and longing for something. Many have claimed Your life-giving salvation, some are still on the path, others are seeing if the path is safe to travel. But, none of us should be at home here. This earth is temporary, it won't last. Turn our hearts toward Home, our one and only true Home. In Jesus' name, Amen.