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There is no place like home! Just yesterday, I heard a friend say, "I was so excited about going home." 

Home!

 

There is no place like it;

The place I really fit.

No matter what road trip I’ve journeyed on

Whether to the ocean beach or even Rome,

There is no place like home!

All the exotic places, all the worldly spaces, all the different faces

Do not take the place of home, where I most desire to roam.

I’ve not traveled the world or seen the lives of foreigners unfurled.

I’m just not one to roam, much preferring home.

Home is where I hang my hat.

Home is where I like to sit.

Home is where it’s at.

And, although my home on earth will soon be gone,

I will, with joy, carry on.

I’ll fly away to a brand-new home made for me;

A place I’ll never wish to flee;

A place where I will be forever free;

A place where I will carefree walk;

A place where I will laugh, sing, and talk.

I’ll see the streets of gold;

There’ll be no more cold;

I’ll be made well and whole while surrounded by God’s shepherd fold.

This will be my Heavenly place, paid for by His grace.

Home!

God’s place is where I will roam;

Where I will hang my hat and sit,

And be joyful and content in “My Forever Home!”

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 1/18/2025

 

“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hand.” 2 Corinthians 5:1