Living for Eternity or Not

Hebrews 11:13-16 NLT - : All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. 14 Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. 15 If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. 16 But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
SO we made it....it's Friday, we had a short week due to the holiday on Monday, and many of  you are SO thankful for a short week, but guess what .....NEXT WEEK IS A FULL ONE...so how will you make it?  I'll tell  you how....BY FAITH!  All this week we were reminded of how ordinary people of GOD made it into the Hall of Faith.  Each one of them were living life in the proper perspective....eternally minded.  You can too, if you always keep in front of you that THIS IS NOT YOUR HOME!  GOD has prepared a place for you in eternity.  If you messed up (and you will, and probably have) get up and remember there's still time. 
I pictured this 757 plane because I remember doubting at one point Cherilyn and I were gonna be able to go to Africa, but as you can see I didn't let my doubts win, I wrestle with them yes, but in the end it was TOTALLY BY FAITH that I found myself standing before this plane, being on this plane, and feet resting in and on the soil of GOD'S CONTINENT...AFRICA.  
So please live today in proper perspective....look at your circumstances with your ETERNAL LENSES and you should see beyond them, to realize that you have to say BYE to DOUBT, and continue to live BY FAITH.  (hint hint....next weeks title, btw we aren't done in Hebrews 11)
LGLP