“Then the man and
his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the
cool of the day, and they hid…But the LORD God called to the man, ‘Where are
you?’” Genesis 3:8-9.
As long as I can remember I wanted to be a mommy. It was all I ever dreamed of and most of what
I pretended as a child. It is no doubt
that by the age of 21 I had birthed a beautiful daughter. I had imagined a world for her of complete
joy and a life for me of sheer pleasure.
I decided to have her because I wanted to take pleasure in her. But something happened that separated us from
each other…evil happened. When
she was 13 years old she began a downward spiral of sin and darkness. The choices she made broke our fellowship
with each other. She left home at 15 and
for the next 8 years would live a life apart from the family. We would tell her how loved she was but she
couldn’t believe it. We would tell her
how we would do anything to save her life but the world told her different
things. We constantly offered ways back to us but she chose to continue in her
own lifestyle and agenda. We would spend
days and nights looking for her…wondering if she would ever return…was she even
still alive…if there would ever be reconciliation between us… ‘Darling daughter, where are
you?’
We have a Father who searches us out, desiring fellowship
in the sacred places. God created every
one of us for His pleasure and to share a life with Him. His desire is to walk with us…talk with
us…fellowship with us…but sin happens separating us from Him. But like a parent He is relentless in His
pursuit to bring fellowship back between Father and child. He put in place a process to bring us back to
Him…the ministry of reconciliation through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus. That ministry is the very vessel that allows
our prodigal hearts to return home like our daughter did after 8 long
years. That ministry is the very means
to the end allowing me to see the faces of my departed loved ones one day. But most importantly that ministry covers me
with God’s unchanging grace, allowing me one fine day to see the face of my
Father fully instead of in part. ‘For now we see only a reflection as in a
mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know
fully, even as I am fully known’ 1 Co 13:12.
We cannot outrun God and we will never out-sin His grace.
Whatever we have done, are presently
doing or will do in the future is already covered by the blood of Jesus. We must simply reach out and receive the
forgiveness and mercy that came about by the work on the cross. Our Father will keep pursuing…keep
chasing…never give up on restoring the relationship He created between you and
me. We must believe Him when He tells us
He loves us…we must remember that He offered a way back to Him through
Christ. We must never forget that He
will never forget us, and will pursue us until we return to Him. He has proven
that He would do anything to save us.
‘Our Father, who
art in Heaven, holy is your name!’
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