Finally Home

As I woke up this morning, I received the news that my dear “homeless friend” Lisa is homeless no longer. Lisa, who lived in her vehicle for many years of her adult life, is now in glory, experiencing Paradise, Heaven, her True Home ...mystery beyond measure!

Just hours before, in that beautiful hospice in southeastern Ohio, I had shared with Lisa the beautiful Scriptures…words Lisa no doubt had read over the years of her knowing her Savior.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 NKJV

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep…My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”
John 10:11, 27-30 NKJV

“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.”
John 11:25-26 NKJV

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father’s house are many mansions [dwelling places]; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 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.” John 14:1-3 NKJV

And the song Lisa had most likely heard and sung as a child…

“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong.
They are weak but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.”

And the prayer:

Jesus, welcome Lisa into Your Eternal Kingdom with joy and peace. Amen.

heaven, jesus welcoming lisa

... eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9 DRA

Lisa is now face to face with her Lord in her True Home, one with Him.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV

Finally Home

When engulfed by the terror of the tempestuous sea,
Unknown waves before you roll;
At the end of doubt and peril is eternity,
Though fear and conflict seize your soul.

But just think of stepping on shore-And finding it Heaven!
Of touching a hand-And finding it God's!
Of breathing new air-And finding it celestial!
Of waking up in glory-And finding it home!

When surrounded by the blackness of the darkest night,
O how lonely death can be;
At the end of this long tunnel is a shining light,
For death is swallowed up in victory!

But just think of stepping on shore-And finding it Heaven!
Of touching a hand-And finding it God's!
Of breathing new air-And finding it celestial!
Of waking up in glory-And finding it home!