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Click here for audio. Welcome to Thought for the Day. Thanks so much for listening. Well our hearts go out to the residents in Brampton who have been affected by flooding in the last few weeks. According to the BBC news website, one woman who has been living in Brampton for 20 years says she has never seen it so badly affected. Her garden was a third underwater and there’s raw sewage pouring down the driveway. There can’t be many things more upsetting than seeing your home when it doesn’t feel like a home. There’s something about your home which is supposed to be a haven, an oasis, a place of refuge and comfort not of deluge or disaster. As the saying goes, “an Englishman’s home is his castle”. So to have it invaded by anything- thieves, moths or flood is just not what it’s supposed to be. The Bible talks about a heavenly home after death for those who follow Jesus. We call it heaven, or the new heaven and earth. It’s not for good people, because there are none good enou