OUR HOME OF PEACE

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”

John 14:1-3 KJV

Jesus is preparing a place for us.  It is our home of peace.  There will be no violence in Heaven.  We won’t have to run and hide because someone is shouting and cursing and threatening.  There are some children who have to run and hide in their house because they are so afraid that they are going to be hit again.

Years ago, home missionaries and foreign missionaries came to my church for a missions conference and showed slides of their work.  What broke my heart and brought tears to my eyes was the fact that not only did the children in foreign countries look like they were starving, so did the children here in America.

Not only are children starving for food in foreign countries and here in America, they are also starving for love and affection.  Every person has a responsibility to be kind and loving to every child.  Jesus loves children and He is very protective of them.  It breaks His heart when we aren’t kind and loving to children.

Thank God that one day Jesus will come back for us and we will be in our home of peace forever.  There will be no shouting, cursing or hitting there.  May God help us to be kind and loving to our children and to every child we see.  When we hurt children, we are also hurting Jesus.

Joanne Lowe

April 20, 2015