Aug
07

going home???

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sitting in the budapest airport waiting for my flight to begin boarding, all i can hear is the hum of the restaurant fridge and the beep beep beep of the register.  as i type and drink my last bottle of hungarian coke, this whole idea of “going home” has begun to cross my mind.  technically (according to my passport) my country of origin or “my home” is the united states of america.  so, as i continue my journey that started 17 hours ago to america i am in a sense “going home.”  but is america really where i call home?  if you walk into my parents house, one thing you will see posted on the wall is a sign that reads…”home is where the heart is.”  i have read that sign too many times to count or remember growing up and i believe it still rings true today.  with that in mind, if home truly is where your heart is then i am not so sure that my home is “america.”  i am still an american but i believe my home is elsewhere then the land of the free and the home of the brave.  so, if home is not america…then where is it?  if the sign in my parents house is correct then my home is in heaven!  that might sound like the “easy” answer for one who has a relationship with Jesus, but it is so true in my life.  my heart belongs to Him and therefore my one and only true home is heaven!  what a reminder this whole flight “home” thing has been about my real reason for being here and real home!  now with that said some might say that if heaven is my real home than america is just the temporary one.  to that statement i would say no as well.  my home in america is indeed temporary but i don’t believe my heart is there anymore.  you see, God has captured my heart and made it to beat with a intense passion for the people and countries of this world outside the USA.  my heart is there, and now after my trip to kosova, my body may be there as well.  america is not supposed to be my earthly home for very much longer and now after my recent trip to europe i know that for sure.  where I will “set up shop” next is still unclear but i believe it won’t be america long term and it will be somewhere where i can share the truth and invite as many people to come with me to my real home as i possibly can.  so, am i going home, no way…there are still billions of people outside the usa that need to hear how they can really be sure they are going home!

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