COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.

I haven’t been back to

my hometown in years and i am talking about 10 years +……yes it’s been that long a time.

Here i was sitting in the car, looking through the window at the vast dry mass of land, the high mountains and the sparse settlements that we were zooming past.

It was a long 5 hour bumpy journey but we finally arrived. I stepped out to take it all in and had to be jolted back because my mind had truly wandered. After all, i was here for work so i had to get to it, and after i was done i decided to explore before heading back

I didn’t see a lot of familiar faces but the entire environment was pulling at me, the memories of everything i had done with my family on this land came right back, the stories i had been told of my ancestors was poking right at me. I took the liberty of visiting my family home, i looked at the mountains that surrounded it, i saw the ruins of the room where my great-grandfather lived and died, i saw the streets, i saw the red soil, i saw the remnant and while to a large extent i somewhat felt like a stranger, deep down i knew

I WAS HOME

And it didn’t matter how i felt, it didn’t matter how long i had been away, it didn’t matter that i couldn’t place a familiar face. It just didn’t matter

My DNA originated from this soil and i am one with this place

I had a long journey ahead so my reminiscing was cut short, however the job was done. You see the past couple of months better yet the last couple of years have been chaotic for me to say the least, work had consumed me so much so that I didn’t know me without my work and in that, my relationship with God was also consumed and prior to this visit i was struggling with the shame of going back to God in fact i would feel like a stranger whenever i prayed. But in coming here, God was reminding me that

I AM STILL HIS…..HIS DNA IS IN ME

it doesn’t matter how far i think i have gone, it doesn’t matter how off i feel on a lot of day…..

I AM STILL HIS AND I CAN STILL GO HOME

so while the journey of going home might be long and bumpy like mine in the physical was, the road still leads home and i just need to keep at it

So today, i commit to always going home and you should too.