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Come Let Us Return
When I first moved to Appleton, I remember that I was struggling and agonizing in my heart and yet really didn’t know anyone in the area enough to bear my soul to. I was sitting alone and a fear came over me. I was afraid that with no accountability I would some how slip into a complacency and apathy in my life; that people would be blessed by music ministry and never realize that I was struggling with following Christ. I remember crying and praying and hoping that I wouldn’t become some lukewarm individual. And then as soon as those thoughts came I was reminded of a love that doesn’t fail. Of someone who is more consistent than I. Someone Who knew the struggles of my heart better than I know myself. Why should I be in such fear and sadness when He has my name written on his hand?

I was wondering how I could return to the love, the passion, the life. And I turned to the book of Hosea where I found the words… Come let us return to the Lord. I wondered if it really could be that simple. Could I reach up a weary hand knowing that He would pull me close even thought I was too weak crawl back on my own?

The second verse came about on a different day- I was thinking of a friend who was struggling with the same thing that I had experienced. I wanted to be careful with the words and when I finished writing them. My roommate walked in and wanted to hear my new song. I told her it was a bit cheesy; but played it for her anyway. When I finished the song, I looked up to see big tears in her eyes and she said, "It’s good."

We somehow believe that God only has so much love to go around. We take our convenient portions and continue on our own. He desires that we would come to Him. He longs to pour His love on us.

This is my prayer as I travel and as this album goes out; that we would no longer hold Jesus at a distance but would instead return to Him with all our beings. Just like the Father of the prodigal son, His Arms are open, and He is waiting for his children to return home. The incredible thing is that the Father saw his son from a long way off and ran to meet him the moment he saw the son in the distance. So turn His way.