Ah, a new post!
Ah, a new name!
Ah...the same woman.
Lady in waiting. I liked it. I still do. But right now, I feel as though God is teaching me that He is my home and my resting place. Wherever He is, I am home. To Webster, a "vagabond" describes a person who doesn't have a home and lives as a wanderer without any direction. At times, I feel like this. But when I decided on the name Vagabond, I really mean it to describe what God is teaching me in respect to my home and my security. If I don't "store up" my treasures here on earth, and if I try my best live each day fully accepting whichever turn of events life brings, then that must mean that my aim isn't to find my security in what my physical world can offer.
I want my joy, my inspiration, my motivation, and my security to derive solely from Him and because of Him. Thus, Vagabond. I don't know what I am doing. I don't know where I will be going. I don't know why He has me here or there, or anywhere. But, I want to be willing to trust, follow, and not worry. I need not fear. He calls me to trust.
Also, Bethany Dillon's "Vagabond" is quite inspirational. It has been one of my long-time favorites.
I know of a man who lives on the other side
On the other side of this mountain
They say he's calling the weary home
I've been told of a man who lives on the other side
On the other side of this mountain
With a heart full of stories of hope
So run like a vagabond, carry the flame
Run for the children and run for the slaves
Hold it up high with a message of faith
Don't ever stop moving on
Just run like a vagabond
His book is a gun that he reads for the people
The words that he speaks have been colored illegal
But the law that he's under is bigger than paper and gowns
He stayed in the streets where the beggars are broken
He's risking is life, a bullseye in the open
But he won't stop to rest until he's reached every town
So run like a vagabond, carry the flame
Run for the children and run for the slaves
Hold it up high with a message of faith
Don't ever stop moving on
Just run like a vagabond
