Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Those immortal words were first heard January 1st 1939.  Near the end of the first colour film, Dorothy repeats these heartwarming words, “There’s no place like home.”  Yes, there is no place like home. I know it full well since we have just arrived back home from a three week holiday. Nice to be away and to enjoy warm weather but as Dorothy said in The Wizard of Oz, “There is no place like home”.

Just walking in the door seems to bring relief. You may have even thought or voiced similar words.  Words like, “We’re home”, or “It’s so good to be home”. As we drove those many miles facing north, I found myself looking around at the homes and churches dotting the landscape. It got me to thinking that for someone, they are home. I may not be at that moment but other people are. Even noticed some old churches where my mind wandered and I was thinking about all the people that had called that church their spiritual home over many, many decades.

We drove on. No clicking of our ruby slippers and instantly arriving home. No sir. It was mile after mile, state after state. It took a while to get home, just as it always takes a while to get where we are going.

The same is true in our faith journey. We have to go mile after figurative mile. It’s a process. No one arrives in an instant like Dorothy or Toto. Years ago, I loved the journey. Even drove to Saskatchewan a number of times. For those that might consider it, it’s a thirty three hour drive one way. But I loved the journey.  You see, there was always something at the end of the drive. And that something was home.

We are all on our way home. And for those that love Jesus, heaven is our home and we are on our way there. As I again think of those many churches along the way, I imagine that sometimes, the church we attend seems like a home away from home to all of us. It’s a place that contains all that we hold dear. And it’s the place where we can meet Jesus and travel home with Him beside us. What a journey and what a friend we have in Jesus as we travel this road.  So, this week, get back to church. Join us and those there and let the church be your family and home right now.

Something to think about

Rob