The Executive Director of the PEI Council of People with Disabilities, Marcia Carrol, said recently that as many as 400,000 Canadians are homeless. And the United Nations has identified homelessness in Canada as an urgent crisis, and notes that Canada is “one of the few countries in the world without a national housing strategy.” These statistics are shocking. We who are privileged to have a home should not forget this cross section of vulnerable people. Interestingly, when Jesus was on earth, He had no settled abode, but travelled about constantly meeting people’s needs. When His death was drawing near, He gathered His disciples about Him and reminded them of the heavenly home that awaits all those who trust Him. He said, “In my Father’s house are many rooms….I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there you may be also.” Even if we have no home on earth, we can have one in heaven.

Pastor Alex Rockwell