I never felt such homesickness in my soul as when we moved out to Illinois in 1988. The area have been undergoing a drought and there was no green in this dingy town. Every night to calm my soul I pictured Pennsylvania in my mind as I fell asleep.
When John wrote Revelation he was exiled to the Island of Patmos which was used as a penal colony for those who were perceived as a threat to the peace of the Roman Empire. In this barren landscape God decided to give the most delightful detailed vision of heaven in all of Scripture. There are repeated references to light and healing in this passage which I think this were of special significance to John the exiled who was living in the darkness of a prison colony. John’s heart was directed to his eternal Heavenly Home.I recently read of Carinette, a Haitian orphan. She's been adopted. Her adoptive parents brought her pictures and they are her most cherished possessions. They remind her of her home-to-be. Within a month, two at the most, she'll be there. She knows the day is coming. Any day now her father will appear because he promised he'd be back. He came once to claim her and he'll come again to carry her home. Till then she lives with a heart headed home.John gave John a picture of Home to sustain him during the long nights and God has lovingly done the same for us. What a lovely picture to warm our homesick souls that are truly headed Home.
Written by guest blogger, Jacqui Stoner
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