Getting back to normal!

Hello everyone, well the day after my last post I travelled back home to Cornwall. I was really excited about this, as I could not wait to see my family after being away for so long.

I also got to go back to my home Corps for a meeting on Sunday which was great. Especially as I am leading the meeting this Sunday! I cant give the whole thing away, but I will probably post my sermon at some point after I have done the meeting on Sunday. But my blog post will be slightly short this week, as writing the meeting and sermon is taking up most of my time.

Its been a very busy week, and I am almost looking forward to going to work next week for a rest!

Its hard to imagine, unless you are in the situation, but sometimes, coming home can be just as hard as getting used to being away. That might not make sense, but trust me it is often the case.

Things and people change, in fact, in the space of six months things and people can change massively. One of the main places this is evident is in children, they grow extremely fast and its very strange to go away with them in prams and coming back and them being able to walk and talk!

But as well as physical changes, relationships also change. People don't just sit at home waiting for you to come back and their lives move rapidly. After months with no contact sometimes its hard to fit back into peoples lives.

Often it takes time to get to know people again, re-build friendships and catch up with all that has been going on over the past few months.

The problem I have is I have spent so much time away in the past 14 months, I came home earlier in the year after six and a half months at sea, but was home for less than 3 months before I went back to sea again.

But one thing through this time,  the time adjusting to being back at home and just generally all the time at sea, which has remained constant has been God and his love. Don't get me wrong, there have been times when it has been hard to see it, or it has not felt like it, but it has always been there, never changing, constantly remaining.

How do I know this? Well firstly I can feel it, I live it and I know it. But I am also re assured by what the Bible tells me;

Psalm 117:2 (NIV)

² For great is his love toward us,
  and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

  

This verse from the Psalms is just one of many which reassures us of Gods constant love. 

So next time you feel far from God, or you are doubting your relationship with Him, why not open your Bible and have a read of some of Gods promises to you.

 

The evidence is there for you to see. Gods love is here, constant and un changing, no matter who you are, or where you are.

 

The Sailing Salvationist