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| April 5, 2001 |
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| "FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." 2Corinthians 5:1 All of us remember the Wizard of Oz and some of the final lines Dorothy keeps repeating as she clicks her heels together, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home." Most of us, at the end of our busy work day, feel the same way. People have always felt a fondness for that dwelling place called "home." Adam and Eve were grieved when they were cast out of the garden of Eden ~ their home. Noah and his family listened as the waters covered their homeland. Moses left his homeland to follow the will of God for his life. Jesus found that a prophet was not without honor, except at home. The prodigal son knew that even as a servant, home was better than the pigpen. We rejoice today as we round the corner to "our home." Whether it be a cardboard box in an alley, or a fine heated apartment or house of comfort from the cold, we are glad to get home. As temporary as the structures on earth are, our home in heaven will be permanent. God challenges us to live daily in preparation for that great eternal home that He is preparing for His children. It will be untouched by the elements of nature, unscarred by strife, pure, clean, and holy, and ~ IT WILL LAST FOR ETERNITY! Do you feel as good about the home God is preparing for you as the one that may be gone tomorrow? If we anticipate that home with joy, how wonderfully we will live our lives today! "There's no place like home" ~ that is our eternal home! May God bless us unto that end. <J><E><S><U><S>< <S><A><V><E><S>< |