“In a sense it’s the coming back, the return, which gives meaning to the going forth. We really don’t know where we have been until we come back to where we were - only where we were may not be as it was because of who we have become, which after all, is why we left."
This quote pretty much describes my journey to England and now back to America again. In coming here, there were specific things that I was longing for more of and hoping that God would show me and reveal within me. Now that my time is coming to a close here I can sit back and reflect on all the ways which I have seen more of God and see the ways He has grown me and therefore, who I have become truly does effect my journey back.
As I return to the states, I sense a different approach and position to my place in the good ole US of A. Before I might refer to it as my homeland, the place where I was born, the place I grew up and came to know how the world works and my place within it, etc... Yet now as I return there's a greater call and responsibility that I feel. It's one of calling and destiny that I can't deny. I know it was only in the going away and getting distance that God was able to birth a hope and a longing upon my heart for the potential of what He wants to do in America and the potential He sees over that land.
From the beginning America was founded on Christian principles and foundations and now God is calling us back to these truths. He is lifting the canvas over our country and exposing the things that were once in the darkness. The Holy Spirit is about to break loose and dwell within His people again. (So if you have issues with the Holy Spirit, I would encourage you to read the Bible on that one!) There is a hope that is birthing within so many, a longing for more which can only be quenched by the One who allowed it to be there in the first place.
You only have to watch the recent Superman movie, Man of Steel to realize that the story of the Gospel is crying out from every sphere of society - we need a Savior - we need a Hope. Arise, Arise is what I keep hearing the Holy Spirit say. It's time for us to arise and not settle for a life that is less than. Jesus came that we might have life and have it abundantly. I am tired of being bored, I am tired of settling, I am tired of living for me. I am tired. Can anyone else relate? Yet, this continual tired, less than state isn't what Jesus intended.
Arise, Arise is what I speak and declare today - over myself and over whoever is reading this (hopefully more than just my Mom:), over the states, over this world.
Arise, Arise for the seasons are changing and you don't want to be in winter clothes when spring is here!
