Yesterday I included the hymn that has the refrain “Heaven is my Home.”  After I wrote that devotion, I had a different song in my head off and on all day. It was one by John Denver that had this refrain:

“Hey, it’s good to be back home again, yes, it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend
Yes, and hey, it’s good to be back home again.”

In our retirement Cheryl have made it a point to travel as much as we can while we can. We have had a blast and most of our trips have been fantastic experiences. We have been checking items off of our bucket lists and appreciate the opportunities God has placed before us. But it is always good to be back home again. The song by John Denver listed all the comfortable things about being in your home, and that is what we feel like each time we return home.

As good as it feels to return to our earthly home, I can’t imagine how wonderful it will feel when we get to our heavenly home. And we know that is ours because we have placed our faith and confidence in the one who paid for all sin and earned our salvation. It is not based on what we do, but on what Jesus did for us. We live our lives with this certainty and strive to thank God by the way we live while still here on earth.

Jesus spoke about that when talking about the last day, when the sheep will be separated from the goats. I’m including the beginning of that account here, but I encourage you to go on reading in Matthew 25.

Matthew 25:31–34 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

The kingdom prepared for you. Your heavenly home. It will be so good to be home with our Savior.