October 16, 1960 on U.S. Rt 6 between the rail road station in Ottawa, Illinois and my home town of Seneca, Illinois. I wanted to get home fast and I thought someone I knew would pick me up in a short distance of travel. After a one year tour in Korea but I couldn’t resist. It was only 15 miles and I could walk that down old Rt 6 without battin’ an eye. I was about two miles into the trip when a car with three little old ladies pulled up and asked if they could give me a ride to where I was going. They said that they saw my Army uniform (greens) and wanted to hear my story, find out who I was related to in Seneca; find out where I had been in the military, and a thousand other things. I thanked them for the ride when we entered the north end of town but was thankful to be able to walk the final mile through the town to my parents home. Definitely a time when getting off and going home was a pleasure rather than a temptation. Now let me be clear; I didn’t see the car load of ladies as being something to avoid; but there was something better in mind. That has been a hard lesson to learn in my life: The important choice between two good things. Which do you choose? Both are good. Which one is better than the other? There is one choice that I have learned is always better than all others. It is recorded in John 14:1-7. Jesus told all of his disciples that He was going into the heavenlies to prepare lodging in heaven for us all. When questioned about which way to choose to arrive at the correct choice He gave us positive direction to remember about where to get off & go home. The home town hadn’t changed at all in a year (and even now after 51 years); I had many blessings to remember as I walked through town; and my eyes were fixed on the memory of the home place that I longed to see.  ‘GET OFF with Christ Jesus because He is the way, fixing our eyes upon Him, & GO HOME’ to be with Jesus. This is the greatest of all blessings.