Home Coming 2011

What is home actually? Home is not simply a house where you can come in and rest from the day’s work. Home is not simply a shelter for you to hide from the storms of the world. Home is where your heart is.

I used to think that Home-Coming is a concept that is widely embraced by the Chinese or Asians only. That is why every year we see millions of Chinese nationals travels across thousands of miles in order to get back to their hometown. This year, it is expected that 700 million Chinese nationals will be travelling during this Spring Festival to get home for a moment of reunion with their family.

The concept of home during the Chinese New Year is truly felt during this period of time. The movie “HomeComing” tells about what it really means to go home, and one can expect a lot of laughter from that New Year Comedy.

But is homecoming is always about laughter? Or does 落叶归根simply means you got to go back and rest in peace at your birthplace? This short story below may help you to see things in the right perspective.

After serving for decades, a couple of old missionaries finally returned home. They were on board the same flight with a sport star who has just won a gold medal. While walking through the red carpet the sportsman received deafening applause. The old couple received none and was saddened. After years of laboring for the Lord, they were not even welcomed home. As they look up to the clear blue sky, their eyes were brighten. They smiled and realized the truth.

They were not home yet.