Matthew 2:12 (English Standard Version)
"And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way." http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=2&version=47&context=chapter
"Once you have come and surrendered your will to the King of the Universe, Crucified and Risen Savior, God in infant clothing, there is no going back the same way you came." - Jim Robertson
JAMES TAYLOR - "Home By Another Way" (lyrics Mayer/Taylor)
Those magic men the Magi, some people call them wise or Oriental, even kings. Well anyway, those guys, they visited with Jesus, they sure enjoyed their stay. Then warned in a dream of King Herod's scheme, they went home by another way.
Yes, they went home by another way, home by another way. Maybe me and you can be wise guys too and go home by another way. We can make it another way, safe home as they used to say. Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way.
Steer clear of royal welcomes, avoid a big to-do. A king who would slaughter the innocents will not cut a deal for you. He really, really wants those presents, he'll comb your camel's fur until his boys announce they've found trace amounts of your frankincense, gold and myrth.
Time to go home by another way, home by another way. You have to figure the gods, saying play the odds, and go home by another way. We can make it another way, safe home as they used to say. Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way.
Home is where they want you now, you can more or less assume that you'll be welcome in the end. Mustn't let King Herod haunt you so or fantasize his features when you're looking at a friend. Well it pleasures me to be here and to sing this song tonight, they tell me that life is a miracle and I figured that they're right. But Herod's always out there, he's got our cards on file. It's a lead pipe cinch, if we give an inch, old Herod likes to take a mile.
It's best to go home by another way, home by another way. We got this far to a lucky star, but tomorrow is another day. We can make it another way, safe home as they used to say. Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way.
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I enjoy your blog. Some more thoughts of HOME… Most of last month, I had a terrible knot in my stomach. I was aching for home. Every time I awoke, I would look around and think, “Am I still here?” I could hardly stand not being with the rest of my family and friends- where I belong. One day, in the midst of my agony, (Don’t get me wrong, I realize there is much worse pain to experience, but this is what I was in the midst of) I think God said, “Long for Me, like you long for home.” And I remembered This Is Not My Home. Bartlesville Is Not My Home. Fayetteville Is Not My Home. We are strangers in a foreign land, true? But the truth is, I don’t really feel that way. I don’t honestly long for Heaven, like I long for The States. Do I long for my heavenly family as I long for my earthly? No, not really. Does God desire that I do? Does He long for me? Does He have a “knot” in His stomach and can hardly wait until I and my brothers return home- where we belong?
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