It's not as simple as you're born, you live, you die.
Because we were created by God, for God, we have built in compasses, the Holy Spirit, encouraging us to keep on the path to our God ordained destination.
A GPS is a Global Positioning System. We have one in our car and I appreciate it. My favorite button to press under "destination" is Go Home. In spite of our attempts to outguess it by getting out a map or stopping someone/anyone to ask for directions, our GPS has proved dependable. I'd like to think of God as my own personal innate GPS. Unlike the car GPS, however, my life journey is not going to take me on a direct route. There may be ruts in the road, a tornado whirling overhead, the occasional flat tire, an engine that needs servicing, a gas tank that needs refilling, or the annoying backseat driver. The trip may at times feel like a never-ending roller coaster ride or at other times feel like being stuck in quick sand, unable to escape dire circumstances. God, however, is ultimately my "Go Home" destination. On the way, there will be times of sorrow, times of rejoicing, time of questioning, but it will be an adventure.
C.S. LEWIS writes The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing--to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from...my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for Home? For indeed it now feels not like going, but like going back.
Safe travels wherever today takes you; trust your own innate GPS, Christ within.
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