Back Home and Longing to Abide

Well, after being gone for a little over a week, we are home and I am thankful. We had a GREAT trip. It really could not have been more fun. I loved it! I am so thankful for the generosity of our parents and my aunt and uncle for making that trip possible. It was a lot of fun!

One thing I realized though, as the trip was coming to a close, that I hadn't done too much in the way of spending time with the Lord, not a good thing. Oh, I read my bible a couple of times, but that was it, I prayed when things presented the need for prayer and thanked Him accordingly, but as far as walking close to Him, I feel like there was something lost during my time away. A reminder to myself is this: Though I may be away from home, I still need to abide close to Him.

Someone shared this verse in a group of women last night. It spoke directly to me, not just because of my trip and my time of not fully abiding, but because I am so prone to wander, even though I love my Savior dearly.

John 15:5 and following reads:

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will^{b]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[b]} ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. ⁸By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

May this be my meditation towards Him this week, starting with today. Amen.

This also reminds me of the words in this song, how I am prone to wander. This too is the prayer of my heart!!! May it be so, oh may it be so!!!!!

"O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above."