The Applause of Heaven
--Max Lucado

      You'll be home soon, too.  You may not have noticed it, but you are closer to home than ever before.  Each moment is a step taken.  Each breath is a page turned.  Each day is a mile marked, a mountain climbed.  You are closer to home than you've ever been.
     Before you know it, your appointed arrival time will come; you'll descend the ramp and enter the City.  You'll see faces that are waiting for you.  You'll hear your name spoken by those who love you.  And, maybe, just maybe--in the back, behind the crowds--the One who would rather die than live without you will remove his pierced hands from his heavenly robe and...applaud.

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