Seeking the heavenly homeland
Sarah Mowery uses a family vacation analogy to explore whether Christians and their children genuinely long for heaven with the same anticipation they have for earthly destinations. Drawing on 1 Corinthians 1-2, the Heidelberg Catechism, and Scripture, she encourages parents to cultivate in their families a deeper desire for the heavenly homeland that God has prepared for His people. The article combines practical reflection on family life with theological meditation on Christian hope and eternal things.
Do your children long for heaven? Do you? Before our family road-tripped from our home in Colorado to Florida last summer, we spoke of palm trees, the ocean, and the beautiful house awaiting us. Our daughters planned to collect seashells; our sons longed to fish for sharks. None of us have ever seen heaven. Do we anticipate that place in such a way that our children are more excited to go there than they are any earthly destination? In I Corinthians 1 and 2 the apostle Paul contrasts the...
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