Homeward Bound

In exactly one week at this time, I will be driving to Charlotte, beginning my 30+ hour journey to Arandis, Namibia!

A couple of months ago, I found the song below on Pandora and couldn't get enough of it.  I'm not one to spend much money on music, but I downloaded this song from Itunes immediately and added it my Namibia playlist.  I think the reason I've enjoyed this song so much is because of how it stirs my affections for Christ and keeps me mindful of the true weight of his compelling love and sacrifice.  It keeps me focused on eternity when the temporal all around me tries to suck me in, and it encourages my heart when I am weary.  The true Christian walk is about perseverance, strengthening of character, becoming more like Christ himself (2 Cor 3:18).    So I press on, with the love of Christ pushing me forward towards the things that bring him glory and holding me back from those things that don't, empowering me to live less and less for myself and more and more for him.  Not only is he worth it, he is WORTHY!

This song, taken from 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, is my spiritual anthem as I take one step closer to home, in the earthly sense that Africa seems like my second home these days, but more deeply in the eternal sense, as I continue to journey with Christ , sojourning closer towards my everlasting home with each passing day.

If you have a few minutes, I hope you will listen to this song.  I pray that the Lord would use it to speak to your heart in a powerful way:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYwaN5KdgM

Homeward Bound
by Kristine Mueller

I will run, I will run this race,
And I will do it all for love.
Your love compels me forward,
Your love controls my heart,
And I just can't, I cannot get away.


So I will fight this good fight of faith,
And I will do it all for love.
You are my great reward,
You're so worth fighting for
And I can't wait to see Your face.


Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah