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no perfect people or perfect earthly families. My search for meaning,
I believe, was a search to find that safe, all-loving perfect place I
could finally come “home” to; a place of truly belonging.

People might ask, “Why does it have to be belief in Jesus?”
For me, He IS that all-loving place I did finally find as my real home.
This was where I met the God of all-love who had actually walked on
the earth two thousand years ago and who wanted to reside inside of
me and continue His walk in this world in me. I’ve seen no greater
love than for God to come down to us in the form of His own Son,
Jesus, who stepped aside from His divinity to be with us in human
form, who suffered and died on the cross to cover for our sins with
His shed blood. He took upon Himself all of our guilt and shame,
bringing all true believers with Him into His resurrected life, into a
“born again” life, where we are spiritually ascended and seated with
Him in heavenly places as part of God’s original family, without spot
or wrinkle.

We can’t know God without knowing Him in an intimately
human, personal and relational way. That’s why it had to be Jesus. I
didn’t want to just know about a God who’s “out there somewhere”
way up in heaven. I hungered for something more real, more
tangible, more sure and something more “flesh and blood”. 2 Peter
1:19, “So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you
do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the
day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.”

There are those who think they believe in “no God”. But then
what man is there that has walked on this earth who can ever attain to
sinless love, that can ever completely satisfied our search for
meaning, acceptance, peace and rest? I think this world’s
deteriorating condition of unrest attests to man’s lack of ability to love
and be at peace. I think those who keep striving towards making this
world into some type of “heaven on earth”, are blinded to the reality
of the depravity that surrounds us and the futility of it all.
Jesus often stated that His kingdom is not of this world. Our
real home began with God and He wants it to end with God. We can,