“You are My Wholeness”
Devotion
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Once when I was about ten years old I got lost in the woods near my home. I had spent just about every summer day in those woods and knew them very well. However, on one particular day I ventured out farther than normal and just got a little turned around.
I began walking in what I though was the direction towards home, but within a few minutes I realized nothing looked right and I got scared. Walking soon became running and silent wondering became screaming the word HELP!!! I was lost—dreadfully hopelessly and completely lost. After about an hour my screaming and running turned into silent walking and frantic thoughts that I was going to die out here—being lost is scary especially at age ten. Then suddenly I heard—faintly at first but then distinctly—the voice of my father! He had come to find me and was shouting my name. I shouted back, "DAD I'M OVER HERE!!!" And my dad responded, "Stay where you’re at, and I'll come to you!"
This song reminds me of the fathers—and especially God our father—who call out to us in love and lead us home.
Prayer
Dear Abba, thank you for allowing me the freedom to find my own way and the love in finding me when I'm lost, and leading me back to my home with you. Amen.