Thank You – #4

Thank You No. 4

Today, I’m thankful for home.

Home means many things to many people.  It’s a place of protection – a place of refuge – a place of warmth – a place of familiarity.  After being away for a couple of nights this weekend, I was glad to come home to my family, to my comfortable bed, and to the comforts I’ve grown accustomed to.

Coming back home, I also realize it’s temporary.  The roof, the floor, the walls – it’s all temporary,  Yet I have an eternal home that waits for me.  It will be far better than I could ever imagine.  It will be way better than the home I live in here on earth.  I’m thankful for this home!

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.  2 Corinthians 5:1-5

Why are you thankful today?