Home is where the heart is.

Today is the halfway mark on my chemo treatment and I can say that God has made all things well. Sure I feel a little different than normal, a little tired and eating is a little more difficult and again losing a few pounds, but overall it is good. I am so thankful for this and pray that it will continue like this for the duration of the treatment that ends on the 4th of January.

A few years ago I heard a story told by a missionary in China. Today this missionary is still actively sharing the Gospel in China. In a remote village, high in the mountains of Southern China the Gospel was brought a few years earlier. Most of the inhabitants of this village had come to know the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. On a certain day a doctor and this missionary received notice to come to the village as soon as possible. When they arrived they were told that three women were seriously ill. The doctor treated them the best he could and the missionary prayed fervently to spare the lives of these women. Sometime later the doctor and missionary returned to the village to see how things were going, upon entering the village they found the villagers in a state of joy and celebration. There was great joy because two of the women were healed but the third woman was going to die soon. The villagers rejoiced for the deathly ill woman because she would soon leave this earth to be with her Lord and Saviour while they had to stay behind. This very ill woman could truly say, Heaven is my home and that is where my heart is.

The question we should all ask ourselves, where is my home? Where will we spend Eternity? The Bible gives us clear directions "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” Acts 16:31. We can read in Proverbs 23:26; “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.”

At this time of the year we are so busy with earthly treasures and the giving of gifts, often forgetting the real reason of Christmas. God’s word teaches us in Matthew 6:14; “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

 May God bless you and keep you,
John