Remittance man
Remittance man: one living abroad on remittances from home
Remittance Man by Jimmy Buffet
Sinner on the mainland
He's a sinner on the sea
He looks for absolution
Not accountability
How many destinations
Oh god he's seen them all
He collects his precious pittance
Never a port of call
(chorus)
Remittance man
Blacksheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man
So far away from home
No they'll never understand
The remittance man
A man of empty pockets
From jingling his change
The idleness and grieving
For all that he retains
By the harbour lights of sydney
Or the bora bora moon
He recites his sad confession
To the seagulls and the loons
(chorus)
Well you can claim that you were born a prince
But you're the only one you can convince
Survivor with no livelihood
That you could ever make it good
But still you dream of what you can pretend
An unexpected passenger
Boarded in marseilles
An angel full of tenderness
She gave her heart away
She was but a gypsy
He was just a stray
They almost made a miracle but it slowly slipped away
So he follows the equator
With a wish to run aground
It's a very vicious circle
Goin' round and round and round
And he watches from the fantail
As the mainland disappears
Just like the flying dutchman
He's a prisoner of his fears
(chorus)
Ever feel like this? I do.
I was reading again last night and the book advised that the way to truly is to completely own your sins and failures, and then to hand them up to God. You need to mourn to reach joy. There is also a song that states, “This world is not my home,” so in a way, we are all remittance people, going here and there on an earthly pittance, waiting for the one who will take us home to stay.
In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." John 14:2-4
So, continue on this journey, bounced on the waves of turmoil, and know that there is a permanent home for us, with Him!
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Permalink Reply by Juline Bruck on -
This is me waiting a day to write because I didn't want to sound 'fluffy'. You know, Great post.. loved it... and then *poof* disappeared in a swirl of random thoughts ..o0(Laundry).....o0(The world is not my home.)... o0(Stroganoff??)
What focuses the mind is problems.. pain and a general lack of options. Allow me to illustrate.
Right now I have two active tweeners on summer break. Keeping them focused and on track (and not fighting with each other) is partially an effort that I do and partially supernatural patience. Remittances from our heavenly home includes stuff like patience, goodness, faith and good counsel.
We also have each other. ONe fo the problems that I see that "Remittance Man' has is that he has alienated himself from his own soul and from the community. Isolation often happens when we are in strong pain. It's so very easy to do. It is actually work to connect when we hurt. I hope that this song, this eloquent poem that you provided, Tami will inpsire and remind other so stay connected. As we talked about recently, I 'went away' for a couple of days at a point where I should have been more active than ever. I'm not quite where I want to be myself. I'll get there. Thanks to you and God, it'll be much easier. -
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Permalink Reply by Jerrie G.Addy I on -
Thanks for this discussion Tami.Indeed this world is not our home though we are here for a while but what we do here will surely determine our position in our home for our Lord has reward for everyone of us His children so Its' my prayers thatwe do what He wants us do with love and commitment.
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Permalink Reply by EMILY WAIRIMU MWANGI on -
Its true isolation is a bad bad thing especially when there is such strong pain. but it is hard not to do it at times and yes sometimes i do feel much like the remittance man.
Juline Bruck said:This is me waiting a day to write because I didn't want to sound 'fluffy'. You know, Great post.. loved it... and then *poof* disappeared in a swirl of random thoughts ..o0(Laundry).....o0(The world is not my home.)... o0(Stroganoff??)
What focuses the mind is problems.. pain and a general lack of options. Allow me to illustrate.
Right now I have two active tweeners on summer break. Keeping them focused and on track (and not fighting with each other) is partially an effort that I do and partially supernatural patience. Remittances from our heavenly home includes stuff like patience, goodness, faith and good counsel.
We also have each other. ONe fo the problems that I see that "Remittance Man' has is that he has alienated himself from his own soul and from the community. Isolation often happens when we are in strong pain. It's so very easy to do. It is actually work to connect when we hurt. I hope that this song, this eloquent poem that you provided, Tami will inpsire and remind other so stay connected. As we talked about recently, I 'went away' for a couple of days at a point where I should have been more active than ever. I'm not quite where I want to be myself. I'll get there. Thanks to you and God, it'll be much easier. -
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Permalink Reply by Tami on -
I think at various times in our lives we would all feel like the remittance man. There are times that we all feel adrift, nothing tethering us, not feeling appreciated, or wanted, or needed, and so lost. But we have that hope that Christ gave the disciples, someone to walk across the stormy waters to reach out a hand and tell us to come to Him, get out of the boat.
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