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Full Transcript Below:

Looking Forward to Home

By Lynette Kittle

“For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come”--Hebrews 13:14

When we think of home, what do we think of? What comes to mind, a particular house, or city, or an area of the country or world? Some might quote the popular saying, “Home is where your heart is.”

Growing up, my family moved around a lot, so I decided as a teenager that when I grew up and became an adult, I would reside in one place for the rest of my life and never move again. That was my plan.

But God had different plans and knew my moving from place to place growing up was preparing me for married life, one where He has kept us on the move, relocating over 30 times and still counting, moving from East to West, South to North, from one end of the United States to the other.

Needless to say, my dream of living in one place for the rest of my life didn’t pan o

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