I have been down in MO this past week. For me in ways it is a homecoming, I lived here 6 good years. I have enjoyed laughing with old friends, eating at my favorite resturants and reliving memories. In the AG we somtimes jokingly refrer to Springfield as our mecca, our holy city. The place every good AG person eventually travels to see the sites and wonders of our past and present heritage. The building and grounds are beautiful and make you proud to be a part of it. I really enjoyed it. Friends are wonderful and a strong heritage is a blessing.
It got me thinking of another homecoming though. I started thinking what it will be like when I get there. When it is all said and done. If this was good, how much more will that place be even better?
I began to reexamine my week. I remembered the high gas prices we paid to get down there. I remembered the 5 hours in urgent care because of an infection and high temperature. I remembered the heat was well into the 90's the whole time we were down there. I remembered sunburns and crying kids. I remembered having to say good-bye to good friends once again.
When I compare the whole picture to the potential of what I will find and experience in Heaven the weekend begins to fade and my future gets even brighter.
I will not have to pay a high price to get there; it has already been paid for me. The weather will always be perfect; because the most perfect Son will always be shining. There will be no more pain, sickness or tears. We will never say good bye to one another. I will be what and where I was created to be. For the first time ever everything will genuinely be Perfect...Just as Jesus is perfect.
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