When we get
ready to go on vacation our excitement is palpable. We make plans and tell
friends, family and neighbors. We look forward to being refreshed, renewed and
energized. I wonder if many of us are remiss when we fail to tell others that
our spiritual bags are packed. Paul said, “For to me, to live is Christ and to
die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will
mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ,
which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you
that I remain in the body. Convinced of this, I know that I
will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in
the faith, so that through my being with you again your joy
in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me” (Phil 1:21-26 NIV).
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