Tonight
I had planned to spend the evening working on stuff for my classroom,
but my soul needed to be still. I was hungry for time with Jesus. To be
in the scriptures, to speak with Him and listen to Him. I felt led to
pick up one my favorite books, The Ragamuffin Gospel. It always
serves as a loud reminder of the Father's deep & ardent love for
me. I opened to a random chapter and a portion of this chapter spoke to
the concept of finding our "home" in Jesus:
"Jesus simply says, 'Make your home in me, as I make mine in you'
(John 15:4). Home is a safe place right in the midst of our anxious
world. 'Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love
him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him" (John 14:23)
Home is that sacred space---external or internal---where we don't
have to be afraid; where we are confident of hospitality and love. In
our society we have many homeless people sleeping not only on the
streets, in shelters, or in welfare hotels, but vagabonds who are in
flight, who never come home to themselves. They seek a safe place
through alcohol or drugs or security in success, competence, friends,
pleasure, notoriety, knowledge, or even in a little religion. They have
become strangers to themselves, people who have an address but are never
at home, who never hear the voice of love or experience the freedom of
God's children.
To those of us in flight who are afraid to turn around lest we run into ourselves, Jesus says, you
have a home. I am your home. Claim me as your home. You will find it to
be the intimate place where I have found my home. It is right where you
are, in your innermost being. In your heart."
---When
I long for familiarity, my earthly home, or a former community, draw me
into the hospitality of Your love. Remind me that home is with You, where voids are filled and the spirit is refreshed.---
"We drink you in
Oh what a friend
We've found in Jesus."
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