God Is Waiting
Sometimes we might feel nervous because we have not been close to God in
a long time, or we haven’t been to confession in years, or we simply have felt
distant from Him for a while.
I don’t know who needs to read this, but God’s response to us is always one of
unconditional love, and of the joy to reconnect to us. God is waiting for us to
return to him.
Take that invitation that Jesus gives us – it's in the book of Revelation: “I stand
at the door and knock”. Jesus is standing at that door of our heart, the door
of our life.
I don’t know if you’ve ever seen some paintings illustrating this image.
Usually, we find Jesus knocking at the door of a house, but there’s an
important detail in the picture: on the outside of the door, where Jesus
stands, there’s no door knob. The handle’s not there – it’s only on the other
side. We have to open the door to let God into our lives.
Then Jesus will do the rest if we let him.
By Fr. Mike French, SJ