A Bona Fide Alien
Do you remember those "picking who's it" games we played as children? "Bubble gum bubble gum in a dish, how many pieces do you wish?" "...and you are not it you dirty old dishrag YOU!" I am IT on purpose. You may be, too. The oddball. The standout. Different than all the rest. Hebrews 11:13-16 describes it this way: [Heroes of the Christian faith, who were living by faith, such as Abraham] did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth . People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them." As a Christian, is it easy for you to say ...