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这是一次长途旅行的终点。几个月前我们搬到了新家，离开之后我们一直在适应新家。离开的这段时间是美好的，有一些令人兴奋的冒险，但也遇到了一些困难。但是，当我们开车回到城里时，我们都说，我们感觉是以一种新的方式回到了家。

同样，在与神同行的过程中，我们也会经历一段调整变化的时期。有时，我们面临变化是因为我们忠心地跟随神进入了新的充满挑战的地方。而有时，我们面临变化是因为我们在徘徊和犯罪中背离了神或与神疏远了。无论哪种情况，我们都会认识到自己到了陌生的地方。

但是，在神的恩典下，我们回来了——我们发现家是一份礼物。《圣经》清楚地告诉我们，我们与神之间的属灵家园是无法通过自己的努力实现的。相反，当神来到我们身边时，我们会发现自己就在家中。当基督来到这个世界为我们带来救赎时，这一切就发生了。今天，通过基督之灵在我们心中的工作，这种情况也发生了。在历史的终结时，当主再来与我们永远同在时，这一切将再次发生。神会把天堂带到我们身边，抹去我们无家可归的一切痕迹。愿我们赞美祂的名，每天安息在祂给我们的恩典中。

It was the end of a long trip. We had moved to a new home a few months before, and we had still been settling in when we left. The time away had been good, with some exciting adventures but also with some difficulties. But as we drove back into town, we commented that we felt like we were coming home in a new way.

Similarly, we go through periods of change in our walk with God. Sometimes we face changes because we are following God faithfully into new and challenging places. Other times we face changes because in our wandering and sin we have turned away or distanced ourselves from God. Either way, we recognize that we are in unfamiliar territory.

But then, by God's grace, we return—and we discover that home is a gift. The Bible clearly presents our spiritual home with God as something we cannot achieve by our own efforts. Instead, we find ourselves at home when God comes to us. This happened when Christ came into the world to bring us salvation. It happens today through the work of Christ's Spirit in our hearts. And it will happen again at the end of history when the Lord returns to make his home with us forever. God will bring heaven to us, to wipe away all the signs of our homelessness. May we praise his name and rest in his gift to us each day.