The way Home

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THE WAY HOME
Sometime around fall of 1996 an elderly lady living in our community and suffering from dementia arose from her bed one dark, fog laden night. Going somewhere that not even she would ever recall, she headed east on a back road leading out of her mountain surroundings. By chance or divine intervention, a late night travler returning to his valley based home, encountered her walking and confused quite a distance from where she had begun her journey into the unknown. Back home, surrounded with warmth and family showing love and encouragement, she once again lay upon her bed of disease. The morning sun swept away the fog of night and opened the eyes of concerned care givers. Placed in a care facility for the aged for her safety, she would never again know the way home.
Today, others enter into dangerous situations without knowing how or when their journey will end. For some, it will be a viral contact and harsh sickness. Some will ultimately die from the virus, some recover and some avoid the kiss of satin. Which group will you fall into? While COVID-19 is on the front line there are waves of disastrous diseases and situations following close behind. Are you ready. Will the government ever regain its leadership role? Will the economy ever recover its former glory? Will lives be what they once were? These and other questions haunt the minds keyed to wondering; what is the way home?
We plunder onward in the thick fog of darkness without knowing were or why we are going. We refuse to accept our state and obey God’s word for directions. Stumbling along is a “sort” of stupor, we stand at the divergence of two applications, Submit or resist safety practices. Seems like a foolish question but there are foolish people out there trying to decide the right was home.

Haggai 1:9 “Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.”
John 20:10  “Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

John 14: 2 “In my Father's house are many mansions: I go to prepare a place for you. 3… I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Jesus is the way home. He guides us here on earth in paths to safety. He carries us in death to our eternal home. Know God, know peace. Amen.07-23-2020 BLL



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