Come Home

Hello there lovelies. It's me again. It's been quite some time since I last wrote, but I thought I would give a quick update on life and I rediscovered a wonderful song I thought I'd share with you all. SO basically, I'm just getting ready to go to school in Arizona in the fall at Grand Canyon University and I'm super excited about it. But Ya see, I've been feeling kinda distant from God lately. I haven't been getting out of bed very well, I haven't been praying and spending as much one on one time with Him, and I just haven't had my heart in my days anymore. Though I am aware that I can't spend my whole life living ina spiritual high, as nice as it would be to always be that happy and joyful, I still have been getting pretty beat up by my depression and the rest of what's been going on in my life. So I found this song today on one of my playlists and I haven't heard it in a while, but it's a very relevant song and a great reminder of who God is and how He loves me. This song is Called "Come Home" by a band named Luminate. I hope you like it.

Come Home by: Luminate

V1: You're best friends with the word regret
You're afraid that your life's been wasted
So why hope if it's only gonna let you down?

You don't think people really change
You're a mess and you'll always be the same
And you doubt if you'll ever get it turned around

Chorus: So you've been running, searching for something
But you're looking in a place you don't belong
But it's never too late, you can't outrun grace
No, mercy doesn't care what you've done

So come home
So come home

V2: You can try to fix your broken empire
Put bricks on a cracked foundation
But you'll be building castles on the sand

There's power in the blood of Jesus
Your father's screaming just come home
And he's reaching out His hands

Chorus: I know you been running, searching for something
But you're looking in a place you don't belong
Well, it's never too late, you can't outrun grace
No, mercy doesn't care what you've done

So come home
So come home

Bridge: From the shadows, from the wrong roads
From the darkness, from the unknown
To redemption, something beautiful
To a new love, to a new home

Chorus: I know you been running, searching for something
But you're looking in a place you don't belong
And it's never too late, you can't outrun grace
No, mercy doesn't care what you've done

So come home
So come home

So first, overall summary of the song. It's pretty much about how we've wandered astray and have become distant from God and how, no matter what we've done, God still wants to take us back and have us return home to Him.
And here's the break down and we're gonna start with the verses...

V1: You're best friends with the word regret
You're afraid that your life's been wasted
So why hope if it's only gonna let you down?

You don't think people really change
You're a mess and you'll always be the same
And you doubt if you'll ever get it turned around

V2: You can try to fix your broken empire
Put bricks on a cracked foundation
But you'll be building castles on the sand

There's power in the blood of Jesus
Your father's screaming just come home
And he's reaching out His hands

Verse 1 is what I'm calling "The relateable intoduction" because I feel like many of us can relate to this first verse. It's so easy to get caught up in life and the mistakes we make just trying to figure out what we're doing and ya know, that's how we lose track of God in our instablity. But here's something good: Even though we lose track and can give up on God, He doesn't do that to us and He NEVER will. And that's what we see in Verse 2. My very favorite part of the whole song is the second part of Verse 2 where it says "There's power in the blood of Jesus,  and your Father's screaming 'Just come home!' He's reaching out His hands." I think that's a perfect picture of what God does for us. We have been made new because we belong to Him and He calls out to us. Not even that, he SCREAMS out to us to just...come home to Him. I think that paints a beautiful scene in my head of the story of the prodigal son, but in my head it's me. I'm the one who ran away, and then there's God running out to me and reaching out His hands to welcome me back home again.
Now for the bridge and Chorus...

Come home...

Bridge: From the shadows, from the wrong roads
From the darkness, from the unknown
To redemption, something beautiful
To a new love, to a new home

Chorus: I know you been running, searching for something
But you're looking in a place you don't belong
And it's never too late, you can't outrun grace
No, mercy doesn't care what you've done

So come home
So come home

How great is it to know how much love our Father up in Heaven has for us, that though we've strayed and wandered from Him, we can NEVER outrun His grace and mercy and love that never ends. From our darkness and and our mistakes, we can still go home to the redemption and love of our God. When we've realized we've gone astray and have done wrong, the best possible thing we can to is go back to God and confess to Him how we have strayed and He welcomes us back with open arms. Don't stay in your darkness anymore, my friends! It's not always the easiest thing to do, but going back to God is the best thing you could ever do. The smartest choice I have ever made, by far, was choosing to chase after God and run home to Him. His love is the only thing that can fully statisfy out hearts, and this is a lesson that I may have to keep learning over and over again throughout my life, but it's one of the most important lessons I've learned for sure. Make God your number one. And when you've fallen away from Him, please don't forget that He always calls you back home. You just need to listen to Him.

Well there ya have it, folks. That's my insight on how I've been feeling and what I feel this song tells me. I hope you all have a wonderful day and rememeber, Jesus loves you :)

~Abby Lynn