The Bible On Trial

Moving Day~

My daughter, her husband, and my one- year old grandson are moving house. They are moving 12 miles from a now obviously temporary residence of a year or so, to a permanent residence in the town where my wife and I live, where they purchaced their  'new' home. They have been sorting, cleaning, packing, boxing items, and preparing for this move for about 6 weeks, when they were first told by the landlord that the place where they had been living was to be sold.

So for them today and tomorrow is 'moving day'.

We have been cleaning and preparing their new home for occupancy by changing the locks, having the carpets cleaned, painting the living room, planning a cabinet and mirror change in the bathroom, ordering and still waiting for appliances to be delivered, and the myriad other things that go into taking and established house-hold and moving it In Total to another locations. In some ways this is a joy, knowing that where they will live from here on will be much better than the old place, but the actually 'doing' the the things that make this possible is not fun, because it is a LOT of work. 

Getting from Here to Eternity is also a LOT of work, don't let anyone fool you about this fact. The old things that have seemed so important, that have kept you from learning the truth about how salvation works and what it takes to become righteous in fact must be boxed up and thrown away, in order to make room for the NEW truth that will see you through to your new home. The dwelling place where you will live for eternity has to be prepared, fixed up, in order to accomodate the 'new you' that will reside in this 'new home'.

Don't be fooled, this takes a lot of work, and does not happen overnight, or with one 'conversion event'. Entering and finishing the process of sanctification is how you get the 'house key' to your new home