Homesick for Heaven?

Randy Alcorn has written some of the best stuff about heaven and eternity. Sadly, too many of us rarely give the next life much thought. We are too busy enjoy the stuff and fluff of this life. And that's sad! Below is an excerpt from his devotional book, 50 Days of Heaven: Reflections That Bring Eternity to Light. I highly recommend it!

"Do you recall a time when you were away from home and desperately missed it? Maybe it was when you were at college or in the military, were traveling extensively overseas, or needed to move because of a job. Do you remember how your heart ached for home? That's how we should feel about Heaven. 

We are a displaced people, longing for our home. C. S. Lewis said, 'If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.'

Nothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large-screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us." 

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pj