This Is Not My Home

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"Seaside sunset, silver linings round the clouds
Birds fly, singing, making such a joyful sound.
Thoughts of heaven somehow seem to fill my mind,
But I can't even imagine , what it is I'm gonna' find..."

I’ve been being bothered by my sinus allergy since last week. The minor sniffling turned into congestion, coughs and sleepless nights. For those of you who suffer from year-round rhinitis, you understand what I mean. Having the box of tissues nearby, one box after another. Trying to hydrate your body with fluids even if you feel like you’re drowning. Making some tea even if you’re a java lover. Things like that.

So, I ended up visiting my primary physician and almost got treated, too for dementia. God blessed me with a 2 pm appointment when I called and tried to set up an appointment 2 days ago. Someone canceled and with my excitement, I was quick to accept that slot. Only to realize that I had a child to pick up from school at 2:30p.m. I found myself calling my doctor’s office back to apologize for being “demented”. I could hear a good laughter from the other end of the line. Maybe the lady needed that laugh, so, she okayed me to go there immediately and that they would see me right away. Even better! Thank You Lord!

I was given some antibiotics and some cough medicine to clear me up. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t complaining about coughing knowing it is good for you because your body is trying to clear up your air passages. But with the aging process, comes the lesser energy and the muscles from the chest just used mainly for breathing started to ache when over-used with such a strenuous work that comes from coughing.

So, sometimes, I long for what awaits as most of you know, that we don’t belong in this place. But in the meantime, I am just grateful for friends like you who are always quick to bend your knees and fold your hands together and plead for a divine intervention for a forgetful, coughing middle-aged woman like me. I just want to thank you and thank the Lord for His wonderful promise of being in a mansion with Him someday. His faithful love and faithful promise keeps me going on despite my body starting to break down, part by part, piece by piece….knowing that someday, there will be no more pain…No more tears…No more coughing…No more shame…No more dementia…No more worrying….

"I can't wait to go to heaven, when You'll wipe away my tears,
In six days You created everything,
But You've been working on Heaven for two thousand years..."

[The quoted lines were part of Keith Green's song titled "I Can't Wait To Get To Heaven". This is what he said before singing the song: "You know, I look around at the world and I see all the beauty that God made. I see the forest and the trees and all the things. And says in the Bible that He made them is six days and I don't know if they're a literal six days or not. Scientists would say no, some theologians would say yes. But I know that Jesus Christ has been preparing a home for me and for some of you, for two thousand years. And if the world took six days and that home two thousand years, hey man, this is like living in a garbage can compared to what's going on up there."

So, next time that you see a body part or parts being dragged lower by gravity, or a strand of white hair or a few sticking out from the rest of your hair, feel aching joints, feel like drowning in seas of worries and fears, remember....this is not my home. This is not your home....because of what Christ had done.

"13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them."
- Hebrews 11:13-16 [NIV]

26 comments:

  1. Praise be to the living God - this is not our reward. One day this corruptible will put on incorrutability. Even so come quickly Lord Jesus.

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  2. Oh my friend. I get this post on a number of levels. My allergies tricked me. What I thought was allergies out of control ended up being a virus. Now I have everything going on but fever.

    Take care of yourself. Someday we'll be in our FOREVER where you and I can laugh at those sinus problems and praise God for eternal relief.

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  3. I am so thankful that we can know that it may look as if things are getting really bad in this world but, in reality, they are only signs of the glory that is to come on the other side. I think it must be like a garbage can here on earth compared to what it is going to be like in Heaven one day. :) What a beautiful thought!! Hope you get to feeling better quickly Rosel!! :)

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  4. Amen, this is not my home sis, love you.

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  5. I can relate with you on so many issues of this post. I am glad you got to the doc's and he has given you some medication to help things clear up quickly. Having just got over pnemonia a couple of months ago I remember all too well how exhausting it was just to couph. How I long for the days when we are all in heaven and we no longer deal with these day to day burdens of constantly aging bodies. I love that Keith Green song. Praying you feel better soon! HUGS, Debbie

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  6. Oh Rosel! I thought of you with these allergies and prayed you were better but now I see that it is still hanging on! darnit! hoping these meds kick in and the allergies GO!! I am with you sweet sister....can't wait to walk the streets of gold, the colors, the glory, the beauty and NO ALLERGIES, NO SNIFFLES, NO TEARS and I bet there is not a kleenex one! LOL

    Love you my friend.so much!

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  7. I am just passing through......


    Blessings.

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  8. Rosel,

    Here is hoping that you feel better soon. My heart goes out to you as one who deals with them when our winds are gusting here and that is about 75% of the time. Today thankfully we are getting a break and enjoying the day.

    I too, can't wait to see the splendors of Heaven and our new Earth some day. No more allergies!

    Love and Hugs ~ Kat

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  9. Amen -- I'm thankful that it is not my home and that I have something better, so much better to look forward to!

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  10. Ah...such comfort in your words! This time of year for me gets brutal with allergies that bring about migraines.

    I love your reminder (with just the right amount of humor......still giggling about all my body parts that gravity is def. taking over, LOL!).....the reminder of our Home.

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  11. Bless you, dear friend. I sooo get it. My allergies have been horrible off and on for some time. This year has been tough.
    Thank you for the reminder of our eternal home...I, too long for the day when we will all be healthy and whole.
    Praying for you,
    andrea

    PS: Thank you soooooooo much for your prayers, encouragement, and love.

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  12. Amen...we are strangers and aliens. Thank you for being you. Your words have encouraged me as I journey this path and deal with Hubby's unemployment. (((hugs))) and love in Christ,

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  13. I pray your nasal/lung congestion is clearing.
    I love that song of Keith Greens also.
    Your Heaven you-tube is a good reminder.
    Can I add one more?
    There will be no sign posts in Heaven. None to say, This denomination this way or that denominatin that way....the divisions will be broken.Praise God.
    God bless you heaps.

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  14. Oh, Dear, I'm sorry you have been sick. I have a constant cough a lot of the time, but the asthma seems to be under control. I do like to thing about those mansions in heaven and being with Jesus. Praying for you to feel better soon, sweet friend ~

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  15. My Sweet Friend feel better soon. I am always on my knees for you my friend as I know you are for me. I love you.
    Your sister in Christ,
    Bren
    We will be HOME soon!!!!

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  16. Oh I so love you my dear friend! I stopped in here earlier today to read. I just prayed for you and asked the Lord to heal you of this infirmity that has been going on for so long now with sinus allergies. I asked Him to give you peace and tranquility and to give you many peaceful night's sleep. I asked Him to relieve you from your nasal congestion, headaches and anything having to do with this kind of malady in Jesus precious name.

    Peace to you tonight dear sister. May He heal you this night, letting you breathe freely in and out with no sinus pressure or signs of this type of malady ever again.

    {{{Big Hugs}}}
    Alleluiabelle

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  17. Rosel, I know that you check on me and am even more thankful because you yourself are not feeling well. I understand allergies all too well and how one thing can lead to another. I am thankful that your one thing leading to another came right back around to our Father in heaven who loves us so dearly. I have said a prayer for you and your sufferings as you also help those who suffer. My love is being sent to you from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and much love it is. Be blessed.

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  18. I was sorry to read the allergies are still so annoying. Been praying and will continue, my friend. It will be wonderful to be pain free someday!

    Hugs,
    Mary

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  19. I pray you feel better sweet Rosel!

    We are definitely strangers here. I wonder if our mansions are on the same street? :O)

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  20. Just love this post Rosel... Reminds me of all of my ailments I have with growing more mature in the Lord. I guess I could have said "growing old" but it sounds better when I say it for the glory of God. Anyways, God bless you and I will be praying for you today. God bless, Lloyd

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  21. Hello my friend! I wanted to stop by and thank you for all your sweet encouraging words. I appreciate them more than you can possibly imagine. I too am constantly reminding myself that this world of ours is temporal, not eternal! God bless you and I look forward to hearing more from you!

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  22. "Heaven" will not be wonderful because of streets of gold or even the beauty of colors. It will not be wonderful because we have no more pain or sickness. My friends....heaven will be something I have no words for....simply because He will be there.

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  23. Your 2:00 vs 2:30 dilemma rings true for my week. Double and triple booked all week. To make it worse, my computer booked an appointment for me all by itself. (It's bad enough when assistants do that and forget to tell you, but a computer??!!) Have a good weekend!

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  24. I'm so looking forward to heaven too. BTW - this picture is great with your story.

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  25. Rosel,
    Sorry you haven't been feeling well lately...hope the antibiotics helped you recover quickly. Thank Goodness this is NOT our home!

    ~Jean

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  26. I agree with everything you have written about our real home being heaven.

    Yes, like you these past days I was also suffering from sinusitis and not a few times did I long for my eternal home.

    Such a beautiful way of expressing what you feel.

    I can relate, dear sister. And yes, great our rejoicing will be when the day comes that we are called home to eternity.

    Love
    Lidj

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