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He leads me home to safety

God never ceases to amaze me! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – He always leads me to read something or hear something that coincides with what I am currently reading or studying. Today was no different. In my last post, I unwrapped the song You Are Making Me New. In my writing I mentioned how Jesus has “been there done that.” In my studies today I read something that elaborates on that a bit. Here it is:

Christ who has walked before me, shares my every burden.

Christ, who has walked before me, will help me resolve every crisis.

Christ, who has walked before me, knows my every hope.

Christ, who has walked before me, knows everything I suffer.

Christ, who walks before me, will always lead me home to safety.

taken from the Sacred Story Institute (Sacred Story Affirmations)

Alpha Omega

You are making me new lyrics:

You are Alpha Omega, Beginning and the end

No place that you will take me, You have never been

You have walked my desert, You felt my every pain

You gave your life to take me, Where I have never been

I fall down in surrender, I lift my hands to you

You are making me new

For you have called me chosen, my heart is your pursuit

You are making me new

You are the gentle healer, You touch my every fear

and in my darkest hour, I know that you are near

Your dreams over me are bigger than my own

SO POWERFUL!! Here’s the message I hear: Jesus is King of Kings. Would you ever think to approach a king, any king, without first making sure you looked your best, with not a hair out of place? Jesus is not only King of Kings but He is the beginning and the end. Scripture tells us He is before all things and in Him all things hold together. In essence, there’s nothing we can ever experience that He has not already experienced Himself. He’s “been there done that.” He is BEING itself and BEING is trustworthy. Let’s trust.

Jesus is in constant pursuit of our heart. He wants to dwell there. There’s only one problem: perfection cannot exist in mediocrity. So our hearts need to be purified and He knows what we need for that purification. So what do we do? We “fall down in surrender” trusting that everything we experience in life serves to purify us. It’s making us new. Let us never forget that Jesus is the Divine Physician. He has the power to heal. Most important and best of all: through every hill and valley He is with us . Even in our darkest hour He is with us.

We tend to tense up when we think about surrendering. It means giving up control of everything, even our hopes and dreams. What we need to remember, the part of the song that gives me chills is:

YOUR DREAMS OVER ME ARE BIGGER THAN MY OWN!

Our dreams, no matter how big we think they are, are nothing when compared to the dreams Jesus has for us. He’s guiding us every step of the way and yet we are so attached to our own plans and dreams. I recently heard a homily where the priest said we often thank Jesus for all our current blessings (things that have gone our way). We should also thank Him for the blessing of things that haven’t gone our way. I realize now that when things don’t go my way, it just means that in God’s eyes I didn’t dream big enough. He has bigger plans for me and so I should thank Him, not only for current blessings but also for future blessings already on their way!