"They desire a better country," Hebrews 11:16.
Better than what? Better than a country of earth. Better than their birth land. But, pray tell, who desires something better than their own land? Strangers do. Exiles. People who could go back to wherever they came from. But they don't. These keep wandering. Keep looking for a homeland, one firmly founded in the sky. Not in earth's earth. Temporary wanderers on earth, these don't belong to earth. Who, having seen their homeland way off up high, welcome that distant sight. Who depend wholly upon the man from the sky, Jesus, to bring them home.
As we visit with a brother or sister today, we make it clear that we seek Jesus' heavenly homeland. And, together, we praise our Father that he is not ashamed for his children to call him our God.
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