"This must be what heaven is like!"

I’ve heard this phrase more than once during this journey and not in the same place or on the same day or even by the same person.  So, it has stuck with me and I has left me contemplating the beauty of this pilgrimage and how it touches so many hearts.  REALLY touches hearts!  When someone compares their experience in the Holy Land to what they think that Heaven must be like – you know they are moved and touched above and beyond what they expected! 

Sometimes you feel the presence of God so powerfully it truly makes you wonder if this could really be a taste of heaven.

And often during our time here we can look around and see people from all over the world sharing the same experiences we are.  Here with the same purpose; to follow in the steps of Jesus and walk in the land of the Bible.  Many times we will pass by these other groups and even though we don’t speak the same language, we smile and look in each other’s eyes.  And for those few seconds there is an amazing unspoken communication between us that acknowledges us as brothers and sisters in Christ.  Bonded by the love of Jesus no matter where we call our home.   

This is the Holy Land.

The very place on earth that God chose for His home.

We are here, standing on Holy Ground and I know that our lives will not be the same.

More soon friends,

Kim