Hopeful Pilgrims

As God's people, we are pilgrims and strangers here on this earth. This world is not our permanent home. We are here for just a short time. Each of us is traveling through this world and life with a view to reaching our eternal destination in heaven. And once we arrive there we will say: "Now I'm no longer a stranger. Finally I'm home!" Consider Abraham. Abraham was called by God to leave his home in Ur of the Chaldees and to live in Canaan. In that new land, he lived among a people who...