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Observation:

Paul talks A LOT about a city to come...his real home...my real home.

"Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come." Hebrews 13:12-14


"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them,[c] embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them."Hebrews 11:13-16

I wonder what life circumstances got him to the point of being able to write like this....All I know is that when I read those passages, my heart feels so much peace and anticipation not just for what is to come, but for what I do in the now. I want to live as a stranger and a pilgrim on the earth--I want to live knowing that there is a homeland to which I am headed--a place where I will find the perfect fit. Until then, may I be found faithful so that God is not ashamed to be called my God. ♥