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"I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me." (Psalm 119:19)Yes, we are strangers and pilgrims in the earth, as all our ancestors were. Our days are as a shadow, and here we find no abiding place. We who have been born again from glory above are therefore bound for glory above.We are a great distant from our real home where our kindred saints, our treasure, and our hearts are found. Here we have no fixed residence. We have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.The Bible is our light, our food, our joy, and our directory. We want a guide, a guard, a companion, a comforter, and Jesus Christ has engaged Himself to fill each of these offices.We should pray for the peace of the country where we sojourn, but we should never be found holding hands with its concerns but keep ourselves distanced and detached from its allurements.We should be thankful for every advantage but should set and keep our affections on things above. We should neither be impatient nor reluctant in reference to going to our Heavenly Home, but submit to our Father’s will, for our times are in His hand. We should consider ill-treatment as permitted to do us good and contrast the present with our own beloved country and home.Our Home He promised He would prepare,For our soul will abide forever there!Friends, those whose soul longs for Heaven's Home shall not fear to put their body into a grave.