Whether by fire, flood, eviction or tornado, it is a grievous loss to lose a home. The loss of what is familiar and dear can unmoor us from ourselves, leave us feeling as if our center is gone, that we are drifting, unstuck from a sense of self.
What has helped you find your way back home after a disrupting loss?
Living in the Midwest of the United States gives us all opportunities to observe and perhaps experience devastating wreckage of life, resources and property. Tornadoes, floods or other ravages can in a second turn a life around forever. The blessing that happens is when lives are spared. Facing the future however must be what appears to be an insurmountable task and sometimes it is. However a friend of mine who endured relocation during Katrina suffered emotional turmoil but eventually faced the fact that his home would not be his home ever again. He did recover from the blow, but slowly. However, when he looked at what change might bring, he decided to think of positive outcomes. That’s what got him through.
The 23rd Psalm reminds us that we are not orphans, regardless of appearances.