I've been listening a lot to Josh Garrels' new album, Home. Commenting on the album itself and his journey writing it, he said,
But what Garrels realized is that every fleeting feeling of home on this earth is only a taste of the true heavenly homecoming that we have to look forward to. And that's why this song, "Home At Last" gives me so much joy.
Musically, it's a light, happy song, but it evokes in us such a longing for our true home.
Lyrics:
Who is there at the end of lonesome roads?
All of us hope there’s a home
A place to rest where wounds get dressed, the table’s full
The sound of laughter in the halls
Light the fire, gather ‘round
Join together, sing it loud
Raise the glass and joyful be
Home at last, one family
We’re all orphans looking for an open door
Hard times come no more
Come on up to the house of the Lord
Father adopts us all
While writing these songs I was searching for joy, and this pursuit instinctively brought my attention back to the people and places closest to me. Because of this, these songs have less of an outward, expansive scope, and rather turn the attention inward, to the intimacy of family, forgiveness, and homecoming.
But what Garrels realized is that every fleeting feeling of home on this earth is only a taste of the true heavenly homecoming that we have to look forward to. And that's why this song, "Home At Last" gives me so much joy.
Musically, it's a light, happy song, but it evokes in us such a longing for our true home.
Lyrics:
Who is there at the end of lonesome roads?
All of us hope there’s a home
A place to rest where wounds get dressed, the table’s full
The sound of laughter in the halls
Light the fire, gather ‘round
Join together, sing it loud
Raise the glass and joyful be
Home at last, one family
We’re all orphans looking for an open door
Hard times come no more
Come on up to the house of the Lord
Father adopts us all