But always he (Samuel) would return to Ramah, where he lived, and preside from there. That is where he built an altar to God. (I Samuel 7:17 The Message)
Home
I like cathedrals. I like well-built and beautiful sanctuaries. I like the worship of the One True Living God to be done in a place that is appealing and wonderful.
But Samuel knew something.
God also is in the homes of His people.
Christians do not suffer God’s absence until Sunday morning when they can enter God’s presence. Christians are not far from God other than during formal Sunday worship. Christians are not alone, empty-hearted, and lost, other than in church.
God simply IS where His people are. In fact, that is part of what makes our houses our homes.
We are peculiar, God is in our homes.