II Corinthians 5:6-8
“So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.”
Being away from home and family is a trial. When I was stationed at St. Anthony, Newfoundland, I knew it would be a year before I returned home. My contact with the family back home was by mail and the weekly phone call we were allowed.
The problem with the mail was that it came in by air and, at our location, it was often delayed for days or even weeks. It was then that someone wiser than I gave me some valuable advice. He said I should rent a post office box in town and have the family send my mail to this address. Canadian mail came in by truck from the southern part of the Island. It worked. When the other men did not have mail, I did!
I can recall driving to an isolated spot halfway up the hill to our radar site from town. It looked out over the Atlantic and was a peaceful and quiet time to read and soak in the words my precious wife had written. I was not home, but those cherished letters were a taste of home.
Those of us who have received Jesus Christ by personal invitation have been given a new home. It is in heaven with the Lord. God’s Word is like a letter to us that we can relish, because it is from our Heavenly Father. It expresses His love for us and His instructions about how we are to live. Park and relish His letter to you!
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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