Living Here, Longing for Home
Nantucket Lighthouse-Brant Point: With my sidekick It’s just over a week after our return from a family trip in Cape Cod. It was a perfect trip—great food, lots to do that everyone enjoyed, and best of all we had time with all of our kids and 2 grands. Despite the fun, it’s good to be home, especially since I’ve been bouncing from one place to another for the past month. Just as Cape Cod is not my home here on earth, my earthly home is not my permanent home either. Hebrews 13:14 (ESV) For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. If you are a Christian, you are first a citizen of heaven. That is your forever home. While our time may begin to feel permanent, 70 to 100 years is nothing in light of eternity. I’ve been reading through Hebrews in preparation for a fall study on Hebrews I’ll be leading. If you’ve read my devotional book, Starry Night, you know that Hebrews is one of my favorite books of the Bible because of the way it ties together the ...