Monday, May 9, 2011

One thing I know is this

“I spent most of my life pretending I was somewhere else, off with you on one of your adventures. My own adventure turned out to be quite different.”(Frodo Baggins LOTR)
Well it is true; our adventures do often turn out to be different than what we expect. And my next one even has a purpose.

I find something that is jumping out at me from scripture is an idea. When God instructs the Hebrew people to tell their children all the things that the Lord their God has done for them He has a purpose. He wants the nation of Israel to know who they are. He wants them to remember where they come from.

Deuteronomy 4:9-10
9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.”

Well the next adventure does indeed include a bit about where I come from. If God wants us to know where we come from, if he feels that it’s important, then I wan tot know more about where I come from. So as a result I am going to go and wander through the places where my family is from: France, Belgium, Scotland, England and Ireland.
But take heart. “Not all those who wander are lost” (LOTR JRR Tolkien). I will be finding myself wandering around looking for something, not quite sure what it is. Heck I am not even sure where I’m going to find it. But “there is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after” (Also from LOTR)

And guess what, Jeremiah 29:13 says You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Doesn’t say anything about where to seek, nor does it describe exactly what you will find. Now since God is infinite, then there’s a whole lot of stuff that I could find eh?

So I have no idea what I am going to find, but I am excited for whatever it is. I’m going to go and wait for what the Holy Spirit wants to reveal to me.