How many times have you moved? When my wife and I married we lived in a three-room shotgun-style house.
Later, we moved to a house with two bedrooms, but the landlord sold the house from under us. We later moved to an apartment that had a few more modern amenities.
We moved out of the apartment when the rent increased to $150 a month. I thought that was outrageous. That was 1976.
My mother died and we moved in the house she left behind. We've lived in that house for over 40 years, rent-free.
I was in my 20s then, young people in their 20s move a lot. Others move, too.
We all move around a lot. Every if we buy a house, in reality, it's not permanent. One day, we'll leave it behind.
Every place we live is like a little condominium or travel inn that we occupy for a while and then leave behind.
We are on a journey that will take us to who knows where. Jesus said those who trust him will finally have a permanent home with him in heaven.
John 14:2 says, “My Father’s house has many mansions . . . . I am going there to prepare a place for you”
Whether we live in a shotgun house, a condo, or a mansion, it becomes a home when there is love inside the walls, otherwise, it’s just a house, a place to lay your head.
We should remember the words of C.S. Lewis who said, “Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.”
Home is where the heart is. Where we live now is just a comfortable rest stop on our way to our real home which is in heaven where we will be with the Lord forever.
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