november 2008


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I’ve got the weekly email devotional of Max Lucado in my mailbox today. I love reading informal emails during my daily work. Lucado wrote that “homesickness is one of the burdens God doesn’t mind if we carry.” I had to reread it before I fully realized what he was saying. I know how it feels to be homesick. Years ago my parents went on their annual, well deserved holiday together. For every child they found a place to stay for that few days. I had the honour to stay at my grand-aunt’s home in the big city Rotterdam. We were used to visit her regularly during the years and she made our stays like a party for us. We went to the zoo, to big play gardens and all things like that. I always enjoyed staying at my grand-aunts home. But this time it was different. (Meer…)