The Way Home

Hebrews 11:16

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16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 13:14

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14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny ~ C.S.Lewis

The shallow end of the pool is not where one learns to swim.  Mountains can't be climbed or valleys crossed unless a step is taken.  But life is scary.  It can seem too deep, too tall or too wide, but never to God.   As for me, I don't boldly go where no one has gone before; instead I chose to stand like a child "frozen" in a game of tag, with no one to unstick me.  Fear does that and more.  I know I'll eventually reach Heaven and home; but I'd like to get there panting with exertion, not idling with inertia.  I like this Crooked Still song, "Wading Deep Waters,"  because it tells me how to get Home.  

I am wading deep waters trying to get home
Lord, I am wading deep waters trying to get home
I am wading deep waters
Wading deep waters
Wading deep waters trying to get home

I am climbing high mountains trying to get home
Lord, I am climbing high mountains trying to get home
Lord, I am climbing high mountains
Climbing high mountains
Climbing high mountains trying to get home

I am walking deep valleys trying to get home
Lord, I am walking deep valleys trying to get home
I am walking deep valleys
Walking deep valleys
Walking deep valleys trying to get home

I am wading deep waters trying to get home
Lord, I am wading deep waters trying to get home
Lord, I am wading deep waters
Wading deep waters
Wading deep waters trying to get home

Trying to get home
Trying to get home
Trying to get home
Trying to get home