HOME SWEET HOME!

They say, "Home is where the heart is!" I concur! There's no place quite like home! It's where your security lies, where you can feel at ease, let your hair down, put your feet up; in a nut shell, it's where you can be yourself!
The best and the worst comes out of us at home. We tend to be on our best behaviour elsewhere, but at home, well - you know! You can wash your make-up off, take your earrings out, put your jammies on and simply "chillax"!

I imagine that's partly what I'll feel like when I reach my final home, heaven. Similar to walking in the door of my home after a busy day of running errands;  a gentle sigh of relief, a feeling of peace and tranquillity, time to rest and wind down, my work is finally done - that's the feeling I imagine I'll have when I arrive through eternity's door!
Coming home is also a time to enjoy the fruits of my labour. My husband and I have worked really hard creating beautiful gardens around our property. There are bushes, trees, flowers, a fountain and a few well placed cement figurines. There are bird feeders and bird houses, plants to attract butterflies and arbours with climbing, flowering plants. With all of the time and effort and hard work it's been to create and maintain these gardens, it's so nice just to sit under the awning on our back deck and enjoy the beauty of God's creation. This I also liken to our home in heaven. After all of our hard work here on earth, as tedious at times as it may seem, we will truly enjoy experiencing the fruit of our labours there.
Here are a few scriptures to show this truth:
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)
"One who does righteousness reaps a sure reward." (Proverbs 11:18)
"Whatever you work at, do with all your heart, as working for the Lord.... you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward." (Colossians 3:23 & 24)

I'd like to encourage you today to find the place of peace in your heart, that little bit of heaven here on earth that the Lord gives those who trust in Him. Jesus promised His peace to us; He said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." (John 14:23)

There is a place in God's heart where we can feel at home, a place of rest He's created for those who trust in Him. That place is the truest, sweetest and best, "Home Sweet Home" that there ever is!  

Hebrews 4:9-11 "So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God. For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labours, just as God did after creating the world. So let us do our best to enter that rest."