Episode 346: I’m Talkin…Home

I’m talking episode 346 for December 2nd, 2024.

This is Joel from the I’m talking microcast, where I share my thoughts on a topic that has piqued my interest this past week.

This week, we’re talking home.

So we are in the midst of the holiday season and many people think about home during these days and thinking about what it means to go home.

Some people say you can’t go home.

Um, where is home anyway?

Um, some people think, you know, that’s where you hang your hat.

That’s where you call home.

Or maybe the, the saying is home is where your heart is and those kinds of things.

And it’s really a place that is established.

And oftentimes, even as grownups, we talk about going home when we have grandchildren of our own and we have a home, but we still talk about going home, going to see maybe our parents or other relatives.

And oftentimes home may be where you grew up or maybe home is just where your parents are or your relatives, the majority of your family or where they’re from, those kinds of things.

And then we still call it home, even when we have established our own and maybe our kids call our house home, even if you’ve moved and you’re not living in the same place, it’s still called home.

And therein lies the challenge for those of us who call ourselves Christians.

So home has a sense of permanence.

And as Christians, we are challenged to think of that in our everyday walk with Jesus Christ.

And the reality is where we live, what we may call home is just a place that we’re passing through.

When we think of home, it really is where Christ is.

It is someplace he is preparing for us when we die or upon his return.

And so even though we may call this earth, our home and places with people and family, our home, we have to know deep in our hearts, deep in our eternal soul, that this is not a permanent situation.

It’s not a permanent place.

It’s not always a place of happiness.

Even though we get a lot of joy with being with our relatives, our heart longs to be with Jesus Christ and to be home with him.

And it’s kind of an interesting concept and a great conversation starter even.

But the reality continues to be that we are not to ignore our current.

We’re not to be so, what I think you’ve heard maybe pastors say, so heavenly minded that we’re no earthly good.

Because while we live here, Christ does ask us to perform certain things.

So we don’t ignore the current, but we long to be in a place of permanence and a place of perfection with a savior who died on the cross for us.

And in light of eternity, this small time on earth will be but a blip on the scale of our forever lives.

Until next week, this is Joel from the I’m Talking Microcast.