I Have Returned

It's good to be back home.

Home? Where did you go?, you might ask me.

For the past three months or so, I'd been chasing a dream...a rather elusive one, as it were.

Along the way, I was able to touch the life of someone in a very positive way...and in the process, I learned a lot about myself...how far I'd come in some ways, and how far I needed to go in others. I came oh, so close to fulfilling that precious dream.

Then, as happens so often to so many, it seemed to vanish suddenly into thin air...and I was left alone, shaken, and demoralized....without my dream, and seemingly without anything else that meant anything to me.

Of course, that wasn't the case...I still had everything I cherished most in life...my friends, my health, my job, my music, and most of all, my Lord...who showed me His love in this case by allowing me to freefall, so I'd come home to Him, where He knew I beloinged.

And as in many times like this in the past, He gradually restored things to my life that I had temporarily forsaken, yet He knew meant the world to me. One by one, the above mentioned things resumed their places in my life.

My friends comforted me as they always had...then I reached back into my considerable collection of gospel music, and heard songs I'd heard many times before, yet the inspired lyrics spoke to me in whole new ways...and they reminded me of my own worth to God, and my own place in His kingdom, which was never threatened in the least during the pursuit of my elusive dream.

I've written here before of the power that music has in the life of a person, and I felt that power anew in my life...just when I needed it.

Then my good friend Daniel Mount told me about a review he had done of the newest recording by the Couriers(the current ones, not the classic ones)...it was a good review of a good album by a good group of dedicated servants, and as Daniel hoped, it cheered me considerably.

Tonight, my good friend Cliff Cerce called me to update me on how he was, and how his fine family group was doing..he eagerly shared sound clips of them with me, and in so doing, reminded me how pure, spontaneous gospel music could stir and thrill the soul like nothing else. Cliff's fellowship has brought me a lot of joy during the past two or three years, and it did once again tonight.

That again inspired me to listen anew to more songs that have given me inspiration and strength over the years, and I felt the power of the words and music combining to communicate that special message I never get tired of hearing.

So I'm on my way back to what I know best...I've not given up on my elusive dream, but I think I know that once again, I must wait for the right time for it to be fulfilled.

I'll be around here more often, talking about this music that has done so much to bless and shape my life.

Have you been where I was? Are you still there now? I hope that this little reflection inspires you to bring it back home...and embrace anew what has always been nearest and dearest for you, too.

And maybe...you'll see that elusive dream of yours come true!

See you back here real soon.

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