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THURSDAY THOUGHT 11/13/08

Welcome Home!
 
I had always had wonderful, marvelous, terrible wanderlust.  I left my home in New York when I was 17 because, as I am fond of saying, “I heard rumors that there was life west of the Jersey Palisades.”  That was also about the same time I left behind my mechanical, perfunctory, rote-memorization, youthful faith.  My soul, my mind and my body were always restless, prowling, never satisfied, always craving something new, something different — from ideas to places to experiences.
 
It took a few decades and many thousands of life miles, but I eventually ended up home again.  No, not in New York, but as a devoted, smiling, redeemed and convicted man of faith (nicked and bloodied, but joyfully grinning, still and always very much flawed), welcomed in the house of the Lord and embraced in the spirit. 
 
My point:  It seems to me that if we are open and honest, every road we travel — though it may take us far away and through some pretty spooky terrain — will help us grow and eventually bring us home to a Lord and God who has been with us all along.  Celebrate your faith and your doubts, for they are all part of the journey. — jri
 
“One thing I ask of the Lord,
    this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life.”
        –    Psalm 27:4
 
Please pray for all those who stumble and fall as they struggle with the horrible burden of alcohol and drug addiction, that they may know they are loved by you and by God.  God bless.  
John R. Ingrisano