A Journey Toward Home: How Life experiences led me to the very heart of God

By Bobby Lee Favors

If you are taking the first steps on your life journey or if you have been on the road for years, you are sure to be refreshed and renewed as you began to journey closer to the very arms of God. Your life dreams and aspirations do not have to be put on hold or out of reach, no matter what cards life has dealt. You can come forth and come out. Truly you are the one that controls your life's destiny, not your past faults or mistakes. This book will show just how the Lord can take you out, clean you up, and renew your mind, body, soul, and spirit.

Can God forgive and use you? My answer is absolutely because he did it for me, so I know that as you read my story, you will see that if he can forgive and restore this old country boy, then he can surely lift you up from your unwanted circumstances. As you read through this book, you will come to understand your value and purpose for being on earth. Christ will help you complete His very purpose in you. You are not too far gone to where He does not know where you are, and He is seeking after you.

This book will reflect through my story, that our precious life will be filled with mistakes. However, we must understand that on the inside of those who have accepted Christ is the life of a risen savior. It is my hope that everyone who believes and lives for Christ can experience the excitement of life to its fullest and the abundance of blessings that God has promised to us all. I challenge you as you read this book from start to finish, opening your heart and mind to feeling the presence of the Holy Spirit and the process of change taking place.

Through this encounter, revitalization will begin to inspire you to move forward on your life journey. I have been blessed to have experienced God's greatness. There must be a strong desire to trust God's leading even when the way forward seems hidden. The journey ahead of you is so much brighter than the road behind you. You can and will complete your journey to the very arms of God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098085773

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Chapter 1

Being Thankful Upfront

I am so thankful that I now understand that stanza in the song Amazing Grace, that goes through many dangers, toils, and snare, I have already come. There have been many snares and toils in my life. God and life have been good to me, and there are no regrets in my heart. Peace, love, and forgiveness flow deep in my soul toward all the people’s path that I have come across. Some have loved me, used me, and hurt me to the core of my being. Some have even despised me because I stand up for the gospel of Christ. Some have even looked down on me and told me that I am or I was too religious. Well, if you know my story, you would understand my position on loving Christ and the gospel. I am so, so thankful for that.

It has been said, If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything. Well, I stand for truth and love. However, saying that can open the door to cause one to question the following: What is truth? What is the measuring stick or rule for what love is? I believe that being thankful has so much to do with the depth of what is truth and real love. When you are not walking or living in either of the two (love and truth), it may become hard for you to be thankful and grateful to God for all that is in your life at the present.

So I guess that it would be only proper or right to begin to breakdown what it really means to be thankful. I encourage you to read on, for you are about to be floored.

To be thankful or having a thankful spirit, here is an example:

Today, you choose. Whichever you choose will affect your tomorrow. I grew up in an environment where we did not hear the words thank you a lot among our family for acts of kindness or things done for us. My beginnings were very humble growing up in a family with very little, so being thankful was not at the forefront of our thinking down in deep South Georgia. My parents tried to do the best they could to give us the basic necessities