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person waiting to welcome the missionary back home. He
stood right at the back of the ship all by himself. He was so
sad and so forlorn. He cried out to God and said “Lord there
is no one to welcome me back home.” Then a voice came
from Heaven and said “My son, you haven’t reached your
home yet.”

Many of us are spending too much time with temporal
things and not enough time with eternal things. The way
some of us are settling in here on earth you would think we
were going to be here forever and then of course when
it comes to sending material things to our eternal home
in Heaven we send nothing. What can we send home
ahead? Well, probably the most important thing is prayer.
We really need to cultivate our prayer life with Jesus Christ.
Seeing that we are going to be with Him forever we need
to read The Word; to familiarise ourselves so that we are not
surprised when we get home and see the beautiful man-
sions that the Lord has prepared for you and I.

So, do not be discouraged, things might not be going so
well here on earth, but I can assure you that God is prepar-
ing a special place for those who love Him in Heaven. As
we contemplate Heaven, I think of that beautiful scripture
in Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV), “Therefore we also, since we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and
let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, look-
ing unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for
the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despis-
ing the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.”

Let us continue to run the race for we have a beautiful
Heavenly home, which the Lord is preparing for us at this
very time.

God bless
Angus and Jill Buchan