Good Morning,
I was in someone’s home recently and one of their grown children came in. She went directly to the fridge and helped herself to something cold to drink. It was so natural; it felt so normal to do that. Her parents were perfectly comfortable with her raiding the fridge and helping herself. Why, because it was “home”, and as long as mom and dad are living, their house will always feel like home.

“I have chosen you out of this world,
so you don’t belong to it.”
Jn. 15:19

For a few years I was doing a lot of traveling related to positions I held in the church. It seemed like I was on a plane every 5-6 weeks. I would fly into Nashville or San Diego or San Francisco or Dallas or Orlando, get a shuttle to a hotel and my room would be waiting for me. Reservations had been made at a very nice four star hotel. Upon arrival I was treated better than my actual standing in life would merit. Without exception the accommodations were the best. And yet, it wasn’t home. The bed wasn’t my bed. The restaurant food was top notch, but not home cooking. The staff at the hotel were ready to meet my every need; but they couldn’t possibly take the place of the people I’d left behind at home.

We don’t always feel welcome here on earth. People can make us feel unwelcome; indeed the reality is that this world is not as warm toward Christians as it was fifty years ago. Have you ever felt out of place? Like an intruder? a stranger? an interloper in a land that wasn’t home? The scriptures tell us that we shouldn’t feel welcome here. This isn’t our home. It’s spiritually healthy to feel “not at home” here. The condition of this world clearly tells me this wasn’t meant to be my home. The aches and strains I feel clearly tells me that this body wasn’t meant to be eternal. The old song says “This world is not my home; I’m just a-passin through”.

If we stay All In, we’ll see each other at Home.