But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the
Lord Jesus Christ
Philippians 3:20
This is a familiar verse to many and to me, but I have to admit until the last few weeks I haven't really spent a lot of time really thinking about it. Over that past several weeks I have been praying for a eternal perspective and for that perspective to shape every part of my practical life. For example, to mother as if mothering point my children to Christ, to love my husband as if loving him to spur him on in his pursuit of Christ etc.
so like I said I have been really praying to understand longing for heaven. Praying to want to be with Jesus and wanting eternally important things and relationships....and then a really cool thing happened.
I woke up a couple of mornings ago with a strange feeling. I couldn't really shake this feeling and I just felt kinda in a funk. I loaded up my kids to start the mile journey to my daughters school and a song came on the radio that brought me to tears. It was Stephen Curtis Chapman's "Long Way Home".
I was homesick. What was really cool was I just really felt this way because I wanted to be with Him. I wasn't particularly burdened that day- just wanted to be home. It was nice! Just like the song says....I am just a pilgrim passing thru here taking the long way home- and on my way I hope to encourage and add to the number of pilgrims. My heart was thankful because He is faithful to answer prayer and to grow us deeper into Himself! Not sure where He will take me from here.....but it has to be good! A perspective set on eternity will never disappoint!!!
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
