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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 enough, but it’s for those who knowing their failures come to Jesus and ask him for forgiveness.

To them, Jesus says these words. ““Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am”. (John 14).

So to those listening from Brampton or elsewhere in the area affected by flooding, we hope and pray that the situation improves, and our hearts go out to you.

Meanwhile, for all of us, let’s not store up treasures for ourselves on earth where moths or vermin (and we could add floods destroy) and where thieves break in and steal (Matt 6:19-21), but let’s look to a greater and more lasting treasure- that of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you so much for listening. Have a great day. 

09OCT24. Charlie Newcombe.