The Journey Home to Abba

About the Book

This devotion by Charles H. Spurgeon sums up the inspirational and poetic journey that brought me home to Abba Father.

"He led them forth by the right way." — Psalm 107:7

Changeful experience often leads the anxious believer to enquire "Why is it thus with me?" I looked for light, but lo, darkness came; for peace, but behold trouble. I said in my heart, my mountain standeth firm, I shall never be moved. Lord, thou dost hide Thy face, and I am troubled. It was but yesterday that I could read my title clear; to-day my evidences are bedimmed, and my hopes are clouded. Yesterday I could climb to Pisgah's top, and view the landscape o'er, and rejoice with confidence in my future inheritance; to-day, my spirit has no hopes, but many fears; no joys, but much distress. Is this part of God's plan with me? Can this be the way in which God would bring me to heaven? Yes, it is even so. The eclipse of your faith, the darkness of your mind, the fainting of your hope, all these things are but parts of God's method of making you ripe for the great inheritance upon which you shall soon enter. These trials are for the testing and strengthening of your faith-they are waves that wash you further upon the rock-they are winds which waft your ship the more swiftly towards the desired haven. According to David's words, so it might be said of you, "so He bringeth them to their desired haven." By honour and dishonour, by evil report and by good report, by plenty and by poverty, by joy and by distress, by persecution and by peace, by all these things is the life of your souls maintained, and by each of these are you helped on your way. Oh, think not, believer, that your sorrows are out of God's plan; they are necessary parts of it. "We must, through much tribulation, enter the kingdom." Learn, then, even to "count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations."

"O let my trembling soul be still,

And wait Thy wise, Thy holy will!

I cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see,

Yet all is well since ruled by Thee."

About the Author

Camella Rose Macdonald was born in O’Leary, Prince Edward Island, Canada, where she spent the very early years of her life. She was adopted into the United States and raised in a small town in New Jersey. Her quest for understanding her true identity brought her into a close relationship with God as a young child. She began writing poetry as a teenager as a source of journaling. Camella Rose married at the age of twenty-two and had four children who are her cherished gifts from God. At the birth of her first child, she began to earnestly seek the right path, because she was not accountable only for herself.

It was then the Lord began to order her steps and surrounded her with Christians at every turn and thus began the journey for her and her family. At the age of twenty-seven, Camella published several pieces of poetry in a local newspaper as a source of evangelizing. She later obtained her bachelor’s degree in religious studies and now holds a position in the educational system.

The purpose behind this book is to first bring God glory and to inspire people on their journey. The path is not always easy, but it leads you into the arms of Abba Father through His Son Jesus Christ and the precious guidance of the Holy Spirit.

This book is a gift to God, because it was truly inspired by Him. He has been so very gracious and full of compassion and love. The profits from this book will be donated to Beth Israel Messianic Center in Wayne, New Jersey, for the work of the Great Commission and the furthering of the gospel message.