"Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance." Psalm 16:5&6

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

"Oh what a friend"

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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