Dorothy Gale from the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz said, "There's no place like home": In the movie's final scene, Dorothy wakes up in her bed and says this line after being transported to Oz by a tornado. The phrase is often used to express the feeling of comfort and familiarity that comes from being at home. We all may have repeated this line quite a few times in the past. But today, let us think about this: where do we think is our home? Is it this? The earth. Or this? Paradise. If it is paradise where we want to live, we have to work towards it. First, we have to find the way and the way is clearly mentioned in John 14:6, where Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”. There is no way we can get there on our own. We need Jesus. Second, we must prepare ourselves by chang...
