{"id":7258,"date":"2020-07-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7258"},"modified":"2020-07-22T23:02:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T23:02:32","slug":"longing-for-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7258","title":{"rendered":"Longing for Home?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longing For Home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cfor he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dHebrews\u202c \u202d11:10\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday afternoon, I drove down a country road. I enjoy looking at the scenery, old barns and the like. (It&#8217;s a great way to relax, renew and reconnect with God!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon, it became cloudy and dark. Heavy rains followed immediately. The visibility wasn&#8217;t the greatest as I made my way towards home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I looked at the Garmin on my dashboard and it said &#8220;US Hwy 27 ahead.&#8221; This was a comfort, because I knew that the highway would be easier to drive on in the rain than a side road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, it meant I was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/communitychurchministriesromega\/videos\/1803970949660470\/\">closer to home.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The writter of Hebrews said Abraham was looking for a city. 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