Not Our Home

            Ever have one of those weeks that seems like you can't catch a break?  Well this was one of those weeks for me, so it’s been difficult to try and think of something to be thankful for.  As I’ve been thinking through all the bad stuff that has happened this week, I’ve learned that I am thankful that this is not our home.  No matter what I go through on this planet, I am promised that one day I will live in a place that my Father has prepared for me.  A place that does not have bad days.  A place where everything that has gone wrong on this earth will be made right again. 

Although I am not promised a perfect life, I am promised a perfect eternity.  I am thankful for this because through the bad times, I can remind myself that nothing on this earth matters as much as it seems to.  This idea can be pretty depressing or relieving depending on which perspective you use to look at it.  I don’t mean this to say that nothing matters on this earth so we shouldn't care about anything, I just mean that if we serve the Creator we don’t need to worry about creation.  In other words, if we give our lives to the One who is God over everything, as long as we press into Him, we can rest in the fact that He will work this life out for us until He takes us home to the perfect place He has prepared for us.  

"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." John 16:33

What are you thankful for this week?  Feel free to share in the comments below!