Quotes about Homecoming

Every morning they would talk about the horror of that return to their native land.

Clarence Jordan, co-founder of Koinonia Farm, wrote, "The Good News of the resurrection is not that we shall die and go home with him, but that he is risen and comes home with us, bringing all his hungry, naked, thirsty, sick, prisoner brothers with him.

Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.

How strange that a boy could make a kite of his pants, fly them around the world, and somehow arrive back at the house where everything began.

When I go back to Louisiana, I want to be the same person that my friends remember me as. It's so important to me.

My heart knew that all the dear ones God had placed in my path had been part of His beautiful plan, one that had brought me to this remarkable season of thanksgiving . . . and led me home.

It's good to have you back, David. We missed you while you were away.

He knows your name. And he can't wait to get you home.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

We're leaving BabylonWe're going to our Father's land.

My work was practice, practice, practice. Discouragement and weariness cast me down frequently; but the next moment the thought that I should soon be at home and show my loved ones what I had accomplished spurred me on, and I eagerly looked forward to their pleasure in my achievement.

Jesus' mission is most affirmed when wanderers come home.