Happy 232nd Birthday America

The 4th of July is a good time to reflect. I am glad God chose for this to be the place I would be born. Acts 17:24-26 is a reminder of this.

24"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.

I have lived here all my 54 years except for four while I was Pastoring a church in Canada. America is most likely where I will die. I have not been to many other places outside of this country, but when I have it was always good to get back "home". Now I know our country is not perfect and we have many problems that the Republicans or Democrates can not solve, but I would rather live here that any place else in the world. But I still am often reminded when I read the Bible that this is really not my home. As the old song says I remember singing as a child,


This world is not my home, I'm just passing through.
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue.
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore.

Chorus
O Lord you know I have no friend like you
If Heaven's not my home, then Lord what will I do?
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore.

Words and Music by Albert E. Brumley
© 1965 - Albert E. Brumley & Sons

Heaven is my real home and after my days are through here on earth I will be home throughout all eternity.


Hebrews 11:16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.