Hello there world of bloggers! Here I am. Finally.
After much thought and going back in forth between "I should make one" to "Nah, I won't keep it up", I have started my own blog. And I come with no expectations or pressure upon myself. Just simply to try it out.
So I thought I would start by explaining the title of my blog, "Prone to Wander".
Basically it suits me. Why does it suit me you ask? Well i shall share.
Since I was quite young, I have always had a tendency to get distracted, to wander away from events,my parents in stores (woops), groups of friends and other such things to see what I can find. Sometimes to clear my head, to find something i MUST buy, to say a prayer, to take the perfect picture, to find a lonely friend, whatever it is, i wander. I like to explore.
But the exact phrase "Prone to wander" comes directly from my favorite hymn, "Come thou Fount". It goes, as follows:
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;Streams of mercy, never ceasing,Call for songs of loudest praise.Teach me some melodious sonnet,Sung by flaming tongues above.Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,Till released from flesh and sin,Yet from what I do inherit,Here Thy praises I’ll begin;Here I raise my Ebenezer;Here by Thy great help I’ve come;And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,Wandering from the fold of God;He, to rescue me from danger,Interposed His precious blood;How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose meI cannot proclaim it well.
O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,Prone to leave the God I love;Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,Seal it for Thy courts above.
O that day when freed from sinning,I shall see Thy lovely face;Clothed then in blood washed linenHow I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,Take my ransomed soul away;Send thine angels now to carryMe to realms of endless day.
I love this hymn so deeply, it touches me every time I hear it, sing it, or read it. I feel I truly identify with it. It's so easy to lose focus, to wander away from my Creator, but all I can do is say I'm sorry, learn, and pray to be bound to Him.
So there it is, here I am, and here we go!
