Do you remember the best trip you have ever taken? What were the highlights? Of all the vacations in your life, what are the lasting memories? I am willing to wager that I can predict the best part of your best trip.

Every now and then, I got to travel alone with my Granddaddy, who had logged lots of miles. At the end of one particularly great trip he looked at me and wisdom:

“Let me tell you a little secret about traveling. I have been on a whole lot of trips in my life. I have been across the country. I have been in other countries. And on most of those trips I have had such a good time I wished they would never end. But no matter how good or bad the trip, and no matter how long I have traveled, every one of those trips has one thing in common. The feeling of pulling in the driveway back home.

You see William, the best part of any trip is getting back home.”

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a “wandering to find home,” why should we not look forward to the arrival?

-        C. S. Lewis

Isn’t that true of your best trip?  Now here’s the good news:

The best days of our lives are ahead, not behind. The past is only a shadow of the great things to come. Because our God has promised us that home isn’t a distant memory, but a promise of the future.

Do you find yourself looking for something that has slipped away in your past? Quit looking back. Have faith. Look forward. Home is coming.

The best part of the trip is ahead dear friend. Home is coming.