Headed Home

Headed Home

He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.

Ephesians 1:4 NKJV

Search the faces of the Cap Haitian orphanage for Carinette. . . . The girl with the long nose and bushy hair and a handful of photos. . . . The photos bear the images of her future family. She’s been adopted.

Her adoptive parents are friends of mine. They brought her pictures, a teddy bear, granola bars, and cookies. Carinette shared the goodies and asked the director to guard her bear, but she keeps the pictures. They remind her of her home-to-be. Within a month, two at the most, she’ll be there. She knows the day is coming. . . . Any day now her father will appear. He came once to claim her. He’ll come again to carry her home. Till then she lives with a heart headed home.

Shouldn’t we all? Our Father paid us a visit too. Have we not been claimed? Adopted? . . . God searched you out. Before you knew you needed adopting, he’d already filed the papers and selected the wallpaper for your room.

Come Thirsty