Today's Daily Bread
A couple who brought their elderly aunt to live with them were
concerned that she would not feel at home. So they transformed a room in
their house into an exact replica of her bedroom at the home she left
behind. When their aunt arrived, her furniture, wall hangings, and other
favorite things felt like a special “Welcome home!” to her.
In John 13:36–14:4, we read that at the Last Supper Jesus spoke to
His disciples and tried to prepare them for His death. When Simon Peter
asked, “Where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going you
cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward” (13:36). Jesus
was still speaking directly to Peter (and also meant it for all of His
followers) when He said, “In My Father’s house are many mansions
[rooms]; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (14:2-3).
Heaven is a family gathering of believers from every tribe and
nation, but it is also our Father’s house—and in that house He is
preparing a room just for you.
When you arrive in heaven and Jesus opens the door, you’ll know you’re home.
I have a home in heaven above
From sin and sorrow free—
A mansion which eternal love
Designed and formed for me. —Bennett
From sin and sorrow free—
A mansion which eternal love
Designed and formed for me. —Bennett
For the Christian, heaven is spelled H-O-M-E.
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