Home

Dear hearts, my family in Christ,

Home is where the heart is
But what if the heart has never known a happy home?

Your open hearts opened a way
Opened a warm home to a cold heart
Shared your food with a hungry soul

Sanctuary is where God’s heart is
Where wounded spirits seek a refuge
Where restless hearts find a haven
Where the prisoner finds freedom
Where the hurting find healing
Where the grieving find solace
Where the poor find abundance
Where the prodigal finds an embrace
Where the stranger is called a friend
Where beggars become princes
Where love is manifest

Throw open your cheerful doors
That many may come and find
Mercy in guise of generous hospitality
Grace cloaked in human form
Welcoming compassion

Learning what home is
Experiencing unconditional acceptance
Love is in action
Helping hands, happy hearts
Beautiful smiles, inspiring words,
Freely received, freely give!

Knowing what home is
It’s an assurance of everlasting joy
So this traveller refreshed,
continues walking, hoping:
Beyond the Via Dolorosa,
Home is but a heartbeat away.

Thank you dear succourers,
You showed me what home is,
And what it can be and will be.

A prayer of blessing on your homes, that your kindness and generosity will overflow and many more will be blessed through you.

And I pray also for those dear to you who have yet to commit their hearts to the assurance of the eternal home we have in Christ Jesus.

2 Cor 9:12-15
1 Thes 1:2-3
1 Pet 4:7-11
Heb 13:1-3
Matt 25:31-40