More Appreciative

This past weekend I went to visit my brother in Alabama.  It was nice to get away for a few days and enjoy a weekend of just having fun.

We shopped and ate and watched football and then did it all over the following day.  The weather was just perfect.

We also had some discussion with some family decisions and prayer time about some family decisions we need to make.  I can tell you that God answered but in an unusual way.  I will write more on that in a few weeks.

I was thankful for the chance to get away but I was glad to come home.  I think when we go away for a few days or weeks it is a good thing to get recharged or refreshed and it also makes us more appreciative of our homes.  It was also nice to be missed by my sons and even the family dog. :)

I have always loved staying home and I also love to decorate for each season and holiday.  It was nice to be back home and sleep in my own bed.  My family and I are looking forward to Thanksgiving.  I am already beginning to buy things ahead of time for our meal.  I am feeding 3 extra people and that makes me happy because I have discovered that cooking for two is not my thing. ha!

The old saying, there is no place like home is so true.  Home is the people you get to come home to and all the other stuff is just bonus.

There is another home that I am looking forward to going to, Heaven.  My sister used to sing a song, Some Call it Heaven but I Call it Home.  


A place where we who are in Christ Jesus will live in eternity. A place where Jesus is, our family and friends who have gone ahead of us are,  a place where Jesus has prepared a place for us.

I often think about Heaven and just walking with Jesus and having the best conversations.  :-)

There is a book called Heaven by Randy Alcorn.  It is my favorite book and study about Heaven.  If you haven't read it, please do.  I know you will enjoy it.

I know that no matter how many books are written concerning Heaven, or how we try to perceive it in our own minds, it will be more beautiful than we can imagine.

Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.