Homesick, part 2

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I wrote a post yesterday about no matter how much I enjoy a vacation, it's not very long before I'm ready to get back to my own home and my own cooking. Then I started thinking about it in a different way. A life span of even 100 years seems like a really really long time to be alive. But when I look at it compared to how long this planet has been populated, it really isn't that long after all. I know some of you may disagree, but even after this long/short life, we'll have a much longer life span called eternity. These relatively few years on this earth go by so quickly. I sometimes wonder how in the world did I get this old so fast? Wasn't it just a few years ago that we were raising our kids, enjoying grandkids, working hard and retiring? But I've started looking at life as a journey that I'll eventually grow tired of. Then I'll want to go home and enjoy all the things that mean a lot to me. Going home means going to heaven. That's my real home. I'm just here for a while on vacation. Granted, this "vacation" has been fun most of the time. There has been a lot of heartache, physical pain, loneliness, but also joy and love and peace. But just as our holidays here on earth are short and we look forward to going home, this holiday for me is temporary and I can't wait to get home where I'll be with Jesus and my loved ones for all eternity. As the Bible says, this is not my home, I'm just passing through.