"Home"

This is a song written and sung by my fellow Moody alumni and produced by my friend Lulu. What a blessing this song is for me because it reflects what I have been thinking about often in my Christian life. I especially love the chorus:

"I've searched the world for that feeling of peace 

but I've got no solution and I feel no relief 

Someday I know I'll taste the death that's quite sweet 

for Your death on the cross took out all of the sting. 

Try as I might seems I cry everyday 

for my plans all fall out and I can't find a way 

Maybe the point is I'm not on my own 

and to try by myself is to claim this as home."

And this relates to what I read recently in a pastor's blog about his reflection on the book of Ecclesiates on how to live with joy: "What we do in this life matters. What we do in this life has real significance, but nothing here will ultimately satisfy because nothing here will last forever. Earlier in Ecclesiastes the Preacher says that God has put eternity in our hearts. How could anything less than what is eternal give us ultimate satisfaction? We were made for this, but we were made for so much more than this. "

May we not forget that we should seek real satisfaction in God in our everyday life and live in a way that reflects our eternal perspective.