This summer, our family spent a week away at a family reunion. It was a long and very fun trip, but were we ever glad to come home! It was almost indescribably wonderful walking in the door into our very own living room and so nice to sleep in our own beds again. We really missed our home.
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. (Phil. 3:20-21 NAS)
Pondering this, one thought came to mind. As Christians, this feeling of joy and relief of “coming home” is just a small taste of how truly wonderful it will be when we arrive in our true home – heaven and eternity in the presence of Jesus! What a blessing, that God has given us a small glimpse of the astounding, nearly incomprehensible feeling of joy that awaits us!
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; (Phil. 1:21-23 NAS)
The next time you get the feeling of relief and joy at coming home to your place, remember that God is just letting you “shake the box,” so to speak, to give you a glimpse of one of the greatest gifts that He’s given us – Heaven and eternity with Him! Marantha!
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Ann manages the chaos and tries to keep her eyes on Jesus at It's Always a Production.
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I really loved your "shaking the box" analogy! Thank you for sharing such an uplifting blog.
Ann, thanks for the reminder and the beautiful analogy. Seems I haven't been "home" in forever. Will be nice to remember your post when at last I am.
I know what you mean. Sometimes, in the middle of random things, I suddenly get this incomplete feeling in the back of my brain: a longing for my heavenly home, a dissatisfaction with my earthly one. And just as I'm about to wrap my mind around it – it passes.
You know, I've had the "happy to be home and sleep in my own bed" feeling, and I've felt the "longing for my true home" feeling, but I had never put the two together.
Interesting thought. I'll be pondering that one for a while. Thanks!
This was so beautiful…and I have been thinking along these same lines recently
Wonderful post, Ann! I look forward to reading you here!
Hi!
Thanks for your article on coming home. What a homecoming it will be on that glorious day!
In the meantime, I love looking for creative ways to bring a little heaven on earth, right where I live in my corner of the world. Maybe it's a little like 'shaking the box'.
Blessings, Brenda
What a wonderful thought! Reading this I could feel that "coming home/sleeping in my own bed" feeling of comfort, and know exactly what you mean, but I've never thought about it as a preview of really "coming home". What a wonderful thought! I love it.
What a wonderful picture you have given us, Ann!