Journey Homewards

Among the vast sea of humankind

I searched for peace and tranquility

And I found none.

Strife, stress and an unending story

Of unrequited, incomplete relationships

Despair, loneliness and isolation

Caused by the desire to live by higher values

Turns and turns, bends on the road

That led me nowhere…

Ultimately I realized I searched amiss

In the wrong place for the wrong things!

My search brought me home to me

What I sought was all within me

The guidance and direction I needed

Was given to me in written words

In my haste to taste fulfillment

I had forsaken them…

What folly!

I shut the door to the outer world

And began to pick the pieces

Of my fragmented heart and mind

One by one I put them back together.

The written word was truly a guide

The Spirit who gave it ever-present

I looked back at the whole road I travelled

And learned what He said was true.

Every time I had fumbled and fallen

Every time I had bruised my soul

It was a sign I lost control

Of this person I was entrusted with.

He had given me standards to be safe

I had not heeded them

My folly led to my downfall.

Woken up from a dazed sleep

I dusted off the frivolous thoughts

The vagrant ways I had adopted

In a bid to be accepted

By those who rejected me.

I took back the power

I had given other people

It made me feel complete and whole

For the first time in my life.

I felt I regained my goodness

My worth and my identity.  

Now I stand in a better place

Peace within and with myself

I know I have made mistakes

I know I did much wrong

The good thing is that I learned

From all of them.

I know I don’t want to go back

I know the road ahead is treacherous

But there is a guide, there is a plan

And I have to only follow the map 

That will lead me Home!

~ Henrietta Decruz (C) 2016

To the Timeless Living God - Holy is His Name!

These are very significant days. Days when the destiny of persons and people is being decided by God. Days when God looks into the Book - the book that records our lives and the things we do.

These are days when we will see the awesome power of God. The power with which He will rule over the earth. The power with which a righteous and holy God like Him will stand up for the oppressed, those crushed by injustice and brought down by suffering caused by their adversaries.   The power with which He will cut off those who didn't take His repeated warnings seriously and repent when He gave them time. The time to repent is running out... let us repent for all our wrongdoings - whether in thought, in word or deed - so we can be right with God!

God is a holy God who loves us and doesn't want even a single one of us to perish. That is why Jesus chose to pay the price for us and our sins! We can be saved only if we accept the sacrifice Jesus made. Since only those who know they need to be saved will accept a Savior we need to accept Jesus as our Savior and be washed in His blood. It is His blood that cleanses us. Once clean we can stand before God the Father when the Book is opened and we will be deemed righteous because Jesus paid the price for us. He saves us from the consequences of our sins! His only desire is that we will now - having been cleansed from sin - walk right with God, live a life that pleases Him and sin no more. Can we fulfill His desire? He has given His all for us can we give Him our love, our sincere obedience and life?

Here is a song that rightly worship the one true God who is beyond time and space, whose righteous acts are written in the Bible! I love this song... and this video is so apt too, it reminds us of those who are heroes of faith and how their acts glorified God. May we do the same in this generation and may the desires of our LORD God be fulfilled! Amen.

P.S: This is not a song by me. Please see the credits on the video to know more.