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Heart Smart
by The Shopper
JOSH BOOTSMA
It’s summertime. Vacation time.
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Perhaps you’re just about to embark on your family vacation. The promise of going on this trip is so satisfying and you can’t wait to just be there. Then everything will be good.
Or maybe you recently took a trip and while you were there you had a great time seeing the sights and living life to its fullest. And then, when just days ago you felt like there was nothing you’d rather do than leave home, you wanted to return to the normalcy and safety of home.
And then you’re back. And life continues on, and you wish you could just exist at home without the pressures of everyday life returning. But they return in force.
Have you felt this way? We always seem to want something in life other than what we have!
It’s almost like this world isn’t our home…
The Bible leaves us no doubt. Hebrews 13 says, “For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.”
In John 18, Jesus says, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
There is much that awaits us beyond this world. Our true home is beyond this world. We were made for God, and as St. Augustine once said, our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God. In fact, our hearts are homeless until they find their eternal home in God’s presence.
COVENANT UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 1130 East 154th St., South Holland 708-333-5955 www.covucc.org
PASTOR REV. DR. PATRICK L. DAYMOND WORSHIP SERVICES
RECONCILIATION CHURCH
833 East 168th St., South Holland 708-331-7755 www.reconciliationchurch.org
PASTOR GLEN MCCARTHY WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
If you find yourself never satisfied by the most homey or the most adventurous the world has to offer, don’t be discouraged. God has a home for you that’s more satisfying than you could possibly imagine. And it’s a free gift for those whose hope is Jesus Christ.
Josh Bootsma Member, Covenant Fellowship Church cfcsh.org
FIRST CHURCH (PCA) 3134 Ridge Rd, Lansing 708-474-9610 www.firstchurchpca.org
PASTOR
FIRST ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SOUTH HOLLAND
16248 South Park Ave., South Holland 708-333-8211 www.firstchurchsh.org
PASTOR REV. DANIEL SVENDSEN WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m.
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, LCMS 8303 Sheffield Avenue Dyer, IN 46311 (219) 322-6527 gracedyer.webchicago.net
WORSHIP SERVICES
Sunday........................................... 9:00 a.m.
Monday...........................................6:30 p.m.
Bible Study Sunday 10:30 a.m.
REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH
651 East 166th St., South Holland 708-331-4100 redeemer-lutheran@sbcglobal.net
WORSHIP SERVICES
ESPIRITU DE DIOS
16400 S. State St., South Holland 708-439-1220 sogfchurch.com
PASTORES Jose & Paula Lopez
SERVICIOS: Grupo de Oracion de Hombres Jueves ........................................... 7:30 p.m. Sabado Alabanza y Predicacion.....6:00 p.m.
UNITY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
Plum Creek Center
2138 Moeller Street Dyer, IN 46311 (219) 931-5284 www.unitynwi.org ALL WELCOME
MINISTER: REV. GERALDINE COLVIN SUNDAY SERVICE.......................10:00 AM
