"Welcome Home"

This door. It's cool isn't it? The way the light is hitting it. The texture of the wood on the porch subtly calling your attention. The contrast of the black sharp design with the white, sunlit door. The lines of the house itself, all of the shades, lines, and contrasts invite me in. I'll be honest, the house that the door opens to isn't anything spectacular. It's the people inside. 

This is the door to a house full of my closest guy friends, my brothers. The guys who live here have provided countless laughs, endless conversations, movie nights, games, and some good food along the way. We've been neighbors for about four months now. Summer nights spent on this porch are some of my favorite memories. The weather is cooling now and we are forced to bundle up or go on inside but again, the time spent is just as valuable.

So why this picture? My thought on this photo is short. Where am I going? I have gone in and out of this door countless times in the past few months and for me it represents a place of comfort, laughter, and peace. I've been thinking a lot about where I am going lately, what does my future hold? The thought of the future excites me immensely but it's undeniable that there a significant amount of mystery that it holds. 

The Lord has been teaching me a lot about faith lately. What is faith? It's something I want to live my life by. It's something I don't comprehend. It's something that I want to define my every step. God is good and has been enjoying watching me tear the word a part, chew on it, and begin to see what it means when I say 'yes' to having me reveal what faith means to him. 

I realize my thoughts are jumbled this evening, I think it's because I have so many and the idea of being able to communicate them all seems so very unlikely. I challenge you to at least walk away thinking about where it is that you're going, what doors are you walking through, what doors are opening that God is saying, 'come'? Trust him, ask him what faith looks like in your life, and then enjoy what he reveals.