The big boys, the adult men, the grown children? What do you call them, those who tower over you and fill your home with laughter and noise and the sound of their voices once again? It is pure joy here as our hearts expand to take in their presence.
I wonder if that is how it is with God? I wonder if Lent's lament is His heart calling us? Might He miss us as we are caught in sin, self and the world? If He truly is with us and sings over us as He holds us in His arms, then perhaps this whole experience: life, family, church, friendship, is just a way to remain in Him, bringing our true selves, our presence and laughter and tears to Him, that He might delight in us in our present situation.
We come alive in His presence, in His love; somehow a deep joy has crept into my soul, into the wiring and construction that God is doing in me. He woke me with a shaft of light penetrating my heart and mind and said, "Walk in the light as I am in the light and you will have fellowship with others."
1 John 1:7 First is His call: "Walk in the light: let Me be your traveling companion, let Me bring you Home to the Father." And how? His blood purifies us from all sin and He speaks to the Father for us.
As we walk in the light, and Jesus purifies us from our sin we are able to be in fellowship with one another. The beach stretches before us, we can walk alone, or, as God's love flourishes in us, we have the grace to be in fellowship with others. God desires authenticity in His presence and in the world, in this way can we be His children and ambassadors in His Kingdom of Love.
Our boys leave, taking their true identity to live in the world as our children; we can go to the Father, claim our true identity and then live in the world as His children.
Medicine from Sacred Writing:
"I promise you a kingdom: and let present things be the ground of your trust, your trust in Me."
John Chrysostom Fourth Century
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