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May our life journey lead us home to our LORD.  But in order to get there we must follow HIM!  HE leads us in a gentle and profound way all because JESUS, our SAVIOR would rather die for us than live without us.  HE gave HIS life for us and for our sins, on a CROSS, crucified and then was buried and rose on the third day…….just for you and me.  When your heart truly understands this, then you follow HIM and HIS commands steadfastly wherever HE leads.  Why?  Because our hearts want to follow HIM home, HIS home because HE knows the way!

Our Pastor this weekend reminded us again that this is not our home.   We all are just passing through.  As time marches on, we should increasingly feel like we don’t belong here.  We were made for a different place.  A wonderful place that JESUS is preparing just for us. 

The Bible is the map that points us in the right direction home.  Whenever you don’t know what to do or which way is best to turn, open HIS word and you will find wisdom there that the world cannot give you.  Isn’t it so comforting to know that GOD cares for us so so much, that HE had to share HIS word with us, to guide us and to lead us home?

Currently we live where we are on this broken planet, but still GOD made it.  Read this:

NEHEMIAH 9:6   “YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD.  YOU MADE THE HEAVENS, EVEN THE HIGHEST HEAVENS, AND ALL THEIR STARRY HOST, THE EARTH AND ALL THAT IS ON IT, THE SEAS AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.  YOU GIVE LIFE TO EVERYTHING, AND THE MULTITUDES OF HEAVEN WORSHIP YOU.”

Do not be discouraged today by anything……..because in everything HE is leading us home.  We might not see it or understand it, but GOD is gently leading us to where HE is.  Be thankful for that!  Worship HIS name, just for that.  Our seasons whether good or bad will not last forever, but where we are going will last forever!  

2 CORINTHIANS 5: 1   “FOR WE KNOW THAT IF THE TENT THAT IS OUR EARTHLY HOME IS DESTROYED, WE HAVE A BUILDING FROM GOD, A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS.”

So, may our LORD in Heaven, lead us all home with HIS gentle hand upon us.  May we be ever aware of HIS presence and keep our focus on the prize, to be with JESUS someday, in the heavens, in our eternal HOME!  Take comfort today friends that an eternal home is waiting just for you!

REVELATION 7: 15-17   “THEREFORE, THEY ARE BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD, AND SERVE HIM DAY AND NIGHT IN HIS TEMPLE; AND HE WHO SITS ON THE THRONE WILL SHELTER THEM WITH HIS PRESENCE.  THEY SHALL HUNGER NO MORE, NEITHER THIRST ANYMORE; THE SUN SHALL NOT STRIKE THEM, NOR ANY SCORCHING HEAT.  FOR THE LAMB IN THE MIDST OF THE THRONE WILL BE THEIR SHEPHERD, AND HE WILL GUIDE THEM TO SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER AND GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES.”