Uncle Rob lives in the beautiful city of Montreal in Canada. Winter there is very cold, but he built a sunroom onto their house. A sunroom is a room with so many windows that you almost feel like you are outdoors. Now, even on the coldest winter day, they can enjoy the outdoors without getting cold. Uncle Rob and his wife, Aunt Sally, enjoyed this room a lot. But one day, they started hearing noises underneath their sunroom. Uncle Rob soon discovered that there was a big, fat groundhog living under the sunroom making all the noise. This would not be a good thing to have under their sunroom. Groundhogs can do a lot of damage to a house. So, Uncle Rob found what he needed to be able to block that unwelcome visitor from its chosen home. He waited until the groundhog left to go hunting for food one day. Then he got sturdy boards and closed in all the bottom sides of the room so nothing could get under it again. However, he came up 12 inches short of the boards he needed to finish the enclosure under the sunroom. So, Uncle Rob went to look for more wood. In the garage, he found a thin piece of plywood that he could slide in to fill the gap until he could get to the lumberyard to get more heavy boards.
“There! Mr. Groundhog will have to find a new home! He’s locked out of our sunroom!” Uncle Rob declared. He happily put away his tools, confident they had seen the last of the groundhog. But what was this? It wasn’t long before Uncle Rob and Aunt Sally were in their sunroom and could hear the same sounds of the groundhog gnawing away at the underneath part of the floor and banging about. How could this be?
The next morning, they went outside to see how anything could get in under the sunroom which Uncle Rob had so carefully boxed in. They arrived just in time to see Mr. Groundhog sliding the small piece of plywood open, like it was a very convenient patio door, and going into his now safe, cozy and spacious “house.” What a great place to sleep and live it now was! Now Mr. Groundhog had this lovely place to live without the wind and snow or the fear of intruding animals. He even had his own door which he could open and shut!
Did you know that God has a special home that has been lovingly prepared for each of us who know the Lord Jesus as our own Savior? The Lord Jesus Christ Himself has prepared a wonderful place for us in heaven that is totally safe, secure and beautiful and that will last forever. But just as Uncle Rob didn’t want a groundhog living under his sunroom, God doesn’t let sin into His lovely home. But God loves us so much that He made a way that we can go to His home. He sent His very own Son down to this earth to die for our sins. We only need to believe that Jesus died on the cross for all of our sins, and we will be saved. Then we can be sure that we will go to that wonderful home that He has prepared for us. John 14:22In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2) tells us, “In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” There are only two places to go at the end of our lives — either heaven or hell. Please take the Lord Jesus Christ as your very own Savior today and then you can be sure that you will join everyone who is going to heaven. Then you can also be sure you will be with our precious Lord Jesus Christ, safe and secure, forever!
Messages of God’s Love 10/10/2021