Sunday Words of Encouragement January 15, 2012

This morning our youth Pastor shared a nice sermon reminding us that we are only sojourners on this earth. That is why we are not always comfortable in spirit especially as the world becomes more corrupted around us.
I love the thought that earth, in all its beauty, is only a reflection of what we will find in Heaven. It is hard to imagine!

This is a matching song and the lyrics are below the video.

I Don't Belong by Buddy Greene
(1st Verse)
It's not home where men sell their souls
And the taste of power is sweet,
Where wrong is right and neighbors fight
While the hungry are dying in the streets
Where kids are abused, and women are used
And the weak are crushed by the strong
Nations gone mad, JESUS is sad
And I don't belong

(Chorus)
I don't belong and I'm going someday
Home to my own native land
I don't belong and it seems like I hear
The sound of a "welcome home" band
I don't belong, I'm a foreigner here
Singing a sojourner's song
I've always known this place ain't home
And I don't belong

(2nd Verse)
Don't belong, but while I'm here
I'll be living like I've nothing to lose
And while I breathe I'll still believe
My GOD is gonna see me through
I'll not be deceived by earth's make-believe
I'll close my ears to her siren-song
By praisin' HIS name, I'm not ashamed
'Cause I don't belong

(Chorus)
I don't belong and I'm going someday
Home to my own native land
I don't belong and it seems like I hear
The sound of a "welcome home" band
I don't belong, I'm a foreigner here
Singing a sojourner's song
I've always known this place ain't home
And I don't belong

(3rd Verse)
But I belong to a kingdom of peace
Where only love is the law
Where children lead, and captives are freed
And GOD is more than just a baby on the straw
Where dead men live and rich men give
Their kingdoms to buy back a song
Where sinners like me become royalty
And we'll all belong

(Chorus)
Yes I belong and I'm going someday
Home to my own native land
Where I'll belong and it seems like I hear
The sound of a "welcome home" band
Yes I'll belong, no foreigner there
Singing a sojourner's song
I've always known I'm going home
Where I belong.

(Tag)
Yes I've always known this place ain't home
And I don't belong.

Verses for Today:

1 John 2:15-17 (NIV)   

¹⁵ Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father^[a] is not in them. ¹⁶ For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. ¹⁷ The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

Today we receive grace for the moment, for each day, as we travel through a foreign land.
We are praying specially for peace and strength for our Pastor's family as he visits with his ailing father.