"I Can Finally See the Sunset... I'm Gonna Call it Home"

"This is Home" by Switchfoot.


I suggest you look it up. It's a really good song. Maybe a bit over-played back in the day because it was in that one Chronicles of Narnia movie, but it's lyrics bring back mainly 2 awesome memories: 7th grade, and coming to CVCC.

7th grade was such an epic year. I had a good core friends group and my teachers were good overall. God was good and supplied me with alot of Christian friends through Christian Club and other things, and it brought back memories of spring time of 7th grade, towards the end of the school year. I really liked this guy, and I didn't stand a chance considering my age AND just everything to consider; but I didn't care. I might've not cared what people thought of me back then, but I had a good time. I wish I could still be more like that, not continuously thinking about "What's that person thinking of me?" especially if it's someone I really care about. I need to realize, like in 7th grade: the only one person's opinion that actually matters is God's.

Then, fast forward about 2 years into summer of 2009. I had just gone to a summer even at CVCC-- it was this big water day with an epic huge slip n slide-- and I came home, thinking; "Wow, this church is definatley something different..." then I kept going to events and started going regularly. This particular memory actually goes with what the lyrics say. Here's what I mean:


Chorus:
This is home
Now I'm finally
Where I belong
Where I belong
Yeah, this is home
I've been searching
For a place of my own
Now I've found it
Maybe this is home
Yeah, this is home

Belief over misery
I've seen the enemy
And I won't go back

Back to how it was
And I got my heart
Set on
What happens next
I got my eyes wide
It's not over yet
We are miracles
And we're not alone

(Chorus)

And now after all
My searching
After all my questions
I'm gonna call it home
I got a brand new mindset
I can finally see
The sunset
I'm gonna call it home
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I had just came from another church, and decided to try out this church with Mikaela (my sister was becoming a regular attendant already too). I guess I had my iPod on shuffle or something; because I was seriously thinking about this lyrics, thinking: "Could this church be my new home?"

Now I can't and don't want to think about life without the friends, relationships, or bonds (including with God Himself)God's created for me at this church. The other churches I've been to were fine, but this one was different. I feel so involved, and so loved (hey the world 'love' in in 'involved'! Hehe) and it's truly amazing how God's blessed me.

I was thinking about that song because I was really getting into it listening to it in the car the other day and I thought of it because youth group's tonight. I'm looking really forward to it!

Thank you God for these amazing blessings.

<3 Chrissy Z