There Are Places...

There are places I've been that I'd like to go back to. There are places I wasn't crazy about the first time so I wouldn't waste my time to go back. Of course, there are also places I've never been but would love to go. Some I may never get to. Some I may. One of them, I know without a doubt I'll see.

I'd love to walk into my Grandparents' back door even just one more time. I'd love to hear my Grandma shouting, "They're here!!" as I come into the back breezeway. I'd love to walk down their long lane with my Aunt just one more time to get the mail. I'd love to go back to Orlando. No, not to go to Disney World. I am happy I can say I've been there. But that's not my kind of thing. However, I'd go back to Epcot in a heartbeat! I'd love to go back to Nashville, Tennessee. I'd love to go back to Gaither's studio in Alexandria, Indiana. I wouldn't mind going back to the east coast. I would welcome a trip back to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. I would love to go back to Brazil and see Cristo de Redentor and Pao de Azucar again. I'd love to stroll the artistically laid tile sidewalks and have a bowl of grape ice cream at Mistura Tropical. Some of these places I may get to go back to. Some can never be revisited.

I dream of going to London, Italy, and Germany. I would love to go to New York to eat in a little diner, see a show, see Lady Liberty and visit Times Square. A trip to Chicago again would be fun. I would love a trip to Great American Ball Park to see my Reds play. I'd like to see mountains. Some of these I may see and some I may not.

One place I know without a doubt I will see one day I'm told has gates made of pearls and streets made of gold. I've gotten that information from a pretty reliable source. I have people waiting for me there. I have things here to do still. I'm not planning on a trip in the near future. However, I know that when my Host is ready for me, He'll bring me there. Matthew 7:21 says, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." I am striving to live my life in the center of that will. I don't want to miss out on the plane-less flight to heaven when my time comes. I hope you won't miss that trip either!