Realizing that...This is Not our Home.

Today I received from an email from Griefshare, a network for those grieving people that are well...mourning someone who has died. In the past three years, I have begun to understand more and more that the world in itself is very evil and completely filled with darkness. 

But what I do know is that, In Christ, this world is not my home. There is a reason for the hope I have even if  it does not seem to make sense to others around me. The world is filled with sorrow, yes, indeed that is true. But it's also true that there is a longing and yearning within each of us for somewhere we have never yet been and when someone dies, it wrenches our heart in such a way because we know that death should not be. Doesn't mean that I want to die now, or that anyone should die by their own hand to come home more quickly...it just gives me the proper perspective.

Anyway, I simply wanted to share what I read. Here's my Griefshare of the day:

Your Home Is Not Here  (Day 276) 

Faith not only empowers you to get through your difficulties, but it also assures you of a coming day when tears and sorrows are no more. Faith recognizes that this world is not your ultimate home. 

“There’s a longing in my soul that requires me to look up, requires me to say, ‘This isn’t all there is,’ because it isn’t enough,” says Dr. Larry Crabb. “When I am hurting, others come up with the formulas and the procedures to do this and this and this and then I will be fine. My answer is this: I’ll never be fine until I’m home.”

What does the word home typically mean to you? Know that you were created for a different home, a better home, an eternal home with God. This life here is not all there is.
“Now 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” (2 Corinthians 5:1).
Heavenly Father, may I fix my eyes on You and not get dragged down by the struggles within me and around me. Please give me a taste of what is to come so I can make it through. Amen. 

 By the way, I'll also begin posting more of my Mom's words of encouragement again, so you can keep a look out for that soon.

Be blessed!
-Liana Seisa