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WELCOME

There is a sign near my house that irritates me every time I see it.

It says, “Property of the State of Tennessee, Keep Out. I have always wanted to hang another sign under it which says, “Property of the People of Tennessee, WELCOME.” I don’t know why it bothers me so much, but it does. Our world is full of non inviting signs. KEEP OUT, PRIVITE PROPERTY, STAFF ONLY, NO TRESPASSING, AUTHORIZED PERSONEL ONLY. Not only do we have to deal with all the unwanted signs, but we have to deal with a thousand rules and regulations. At this point in my life I am ready to vote for a politician who runs on a platform of getting rid of rules. They try to tell us it is for the common good, but I know better, it is the few lording over the rest of us. This is all the reason it is easy for me to pray, “Your Kingdom Come.” In His kingdom we won’t need politicians or lawyers, and somehow I don’t think we will see any KEEP OUT signs. It will be the WELCOME sign every where you look. Just think of it, no locked doors, no jails, no garbage filled streets, no rusty chariots sitting in the yard. There will be no dumps, no stench, no dirty mattresses beside the road, no cans in the grass and no broken bottles, no limit on speed and no hurry ups, no filters on water fountains, no clean up campaigns and you will never see that single shoe beside the road again. There will be no lawn mowers or weed eaters, no starving stray dogs or unwanted cats.

It is my kind of place, and I don’t want to miss it. You are welcome to make it your home forever, but you must come through the Door and that Door is a person. Jesus is the door, and He always has the Welcome Mat out.

Joh 10:9 "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

James Spruill