Longing For Home

Snails; some people eat them, others destroy them, and some people collect them, while others study them.  There is a snail in Cuba called the Cuban tree snail and what is interesting about this snail is that it only lives on its own tree. The Cuban tree snail, if it is removed from its tree to another similar tree; even if it’s only a few feet away will die.  This caught the eye of some scientists and believed that it must be the bark or sap so they did some experiments on the bark and sap of both trees.  What they discovered was that there was no difference whatsoever in the life of the two trees but every time they would remove a snail from one tree to another it would die so the only possible explanation is that the snail must long for home.  We sometimes forget that the God that made us wants to spend time with us and wants you and I to spend time with Him. Could that be the reason that God came to where Adam and Eve were, in the cool of the day?

Genesis 3:8  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: I know that on that day  Adam and his wife ran and hid themselves from the presence of the Lord. “Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD Godamongst the trees of the garden.”  The reason they did that was because they had disobeyed God and hiding from Him seemed like the only thing to do at the moment. I recall another time that Gods people were sad and broken hearted.

Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Psalms 137:2  We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Psalms 137:3  For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Psalms 137:4  How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?

What had happened to Gods people is that they found themselves in a strange land and once again it was because they failed to follow and listen to God. We read of a young man who left home in the book of Luke, all was well for a time but then he found himself alone away from home and in a pig pen. Back home there was a father who loved him and wanted to communicate with him. His son was in a real predicament and wished to be back at the father’s house communicating with him. That happens to many that get away from the house of God; then they stop reading their Bible and then quit praying. All is well for a time until their  teen is running with the wrong crowd and facing a court date. Trouble on every side and now down in the pig pen thinking about how it used to be and thinking what went wrong. All I can say is it’s time to drop the pail, jump the rail, hit the trail and head back to the Fathers house. Let me translate get yourself back to Church starting this Sunday and you too will be surprised just like the son who returned in Luke 15 how he was treated. It’s never too late to lift your head and sing the song that used to thrill your soul. If you keep doing the same thing you have been doing your going to keep getting the same results.  Have a great weekend and we will talk some more on Monday.