Attention
all pet lovers: no Microchiroptera were harmed in the writing of this
article! Furthermore, no human blood was
extracted from any person during the night or daytime. Desmodus rotundus is a winged mammal. It is a species of bat, microchiroptera (a
micro bat): a vampire bat to be exact!
Contrary
to public opinion, bats are not blind, their eyes and sense of smell are well
developed. They use Echolocation (sound waves
or built-in radar) to find food and orient themselves. In pitch blackness they can find their way
home safely (even being 50+ miles away).
How do you find your way home?
Memory? OnStar? GPS?
TomTom? Smoke signals? Rand
McNalley? Bread crumbs! How do we get
home? And if you get home, will you be locked out? It’s an honest question. We all get lost. Men are a little more reluctant to ask for
help or directions when lost, but, he cannot help it—he’s lost!
A
lot depends on where you want to go. If
its home, where is home? What do you consider
home? When you find that you are not
happy at home or comfortable in the ways of this world, remember this is not
your home. When you find that much of
the world is insensitive and consistently opposed to what you value and
cherish, like your friends, family, church and God’s Word, remember, this is
not your home. When you get frustrated
and never seem to get ahead or get “it” right, remember, this is not your true
and final home. Home is ahead. Let’s not look homeward, rather, heavenward. How do we get there you ask?
The
way to heaven is not complicated folks.
Our title to heaven is given freely to those who accept the fact that
God bore our wrongs against himself when Jesus Christ died on the cross. When we ask him for forgiveness and a new
heart in order to keep his commandments, he will freely give us both!
How
do you orient yourself to heaven?
Polaris, the North Star is fixed, but it can’t help. How do we get home? We have a type of echolocation too! Surprised?
God’s Word (our compass) always points us to the Father’s house. A
compass is a life saver—IF it is used.
Everyone is lost at one point or another. Invite someone to church, to Sunday school
class, to home Bible study, to read The Word, to heaven. Orient yourself and them in the direction of
heaven. Heaven is “home” and you’ve
heard it millions of times, there is no place like home. Know the way home
because items in the lost and found bin don’t!
Pingates Hyper Smash
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