Going Back to My Roots

~ My childhood house ~




Lately, I'm thinking a lot about going home.

Familiar scents are flooding my mind. Faces I haven't seen in a long time, are surfacing. Memories are projecting in my mind's eye.

It's amazing how alike my family is. I'm just like them, but an individual simultaneously. - Trying to break free to become my own person...yet hearing the familiar voices of my past. - I see my own hypocrisy staring back at me at times?

I Know I will always be like them, in a sense because that's my chemical makeup; but I'm realizing God's doing a greater work in me. He's creating me in His image and defying the "laws of nature" - He truly does turn ashes into beauty.

I am encouraged from Psalm 27: 10 where it says: "When my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord will take care of me"...

You see, all of those things your family may be infamous for, can really all stop at you! Generational plagues can fall at your feet, through the blood of Jesus Christ! Focusing on Him, gives you the ability to become more and more like Him. - More capable of treating and responding to your loved ones, as He would.

The thought of going home for you may send shivers up your spine... or may bring you to tears. But be encouraged that the Lord is a God of reconciliation, who is able to help you forgive, and have closure for the past.

Family time, - especially around the holiday seasons, can bring a lot of resentments, bitterness, and pride to the surface - rather than joy and moments you actually want to remember!

But remember, no matter how painful your family circumstances may be today, the Lord is near to you, and cares about how you're feeling! - He has a wonderful way of sending the right people you need in your life, who are able to encourage and support you! - All in the perfect unique ways you need to be loved and cared for.

He is a Good God, who wants to bring healing to you and your family! Don't lose hope, for He is able to do the impossible through the power of prayer. Let His joy be your strength and His gentle peace be a sweet reminder of just how much He loves you today, and is at work in your life!