"My name is Foreigner, from a faraway land. My feet are covered in dirt, they've been here and back again. I have seen great things from a distance. They beckon me, I answer them. And I move forward. I move forward to Home." -Bethany Dillon, "Move Forward"
*To me, this song is a promise - a promise of things to come. This earth is not my home - oh the delight in knowing for certain that I will one day reach my true home.
"These [all the men and women of the 'Hall of Faith'] all died in faith, not having received the things they were promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had the opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He as prepared for them a city." -Hebrews 11:13-16
*I love this part of the verse: "My home is a better country - a heavenly one." And I must say, I am more than okay with that.
"I am a sojourner on the earth; do not hide your commandments from me!" -Psalm 119:19
*I love the sound of that - sojourner. That word seems to help make some of the struggles of this life make a little more sense. Journeys rarely take the 'easy' road, or the 'high' road.
"They live in their own countries, but only as nonresidents; they participate in everything as citizens, and endure everything as foreigners. Every foreign country is their fatherland, and every fatherland is foreign." -Mathetes, describing the early Christians
*That is how I want to be described, that is how I want to live my life.
*This next quote is one of my favorites. One day...
"I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now...Come further up, come further in!" -The Last Battle, CS Lewis
*As we travel this road, may we continue to pursue that which has worth and value in light of our true home. May we continue on, further up and further in!
Traveling Together,
Emily
