My Final Destination

So recently I trawled through the (literally) hundreds of cards/letters/emails that were sent to us when Dad died. I didn't find the letter I was looking for, I found an even greater reminder from a friend. In the message he included a quote:
"The world rings changes, it is never constant but in its disappointments. The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so to set our heart upon our inn, as to forget our home?'  Thomas Watson

Needless to say, I love this quote! I loved it the first time it was shared with me, and I love it now. Yet its truth is so easy to forget, and I had definitely forgotten. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the things of this life, to set our hearts upon success and popularity and looks and a million other things this world can offer us. It is so easy to take our eyes off Christ and  seek out worldly pleasures.

We will inevitably be left disappointed. The joy that can be gained from success fades, the security of having friends is fleeting, our plans don't work out and at some point, we will fail. This world is full of disappointments, it is the only thing that it can guarantee. It is madness to put our ultimate hope and seek out our final joy in any of the things it offers.

But I love the reminder this quote gives - our life here is temporary. Ultimately, this is not where we will spend eternity. This is not where we belong. I know my eternal destination, and my father is already there.
What a joy it is to live my life for that destination and for my Saviour who awaits my arrival, not for this world and the pathetic excuse of joy it offers.