On Being Content
I timidly knocked on the door, not really sure what to expect. I couldn't believe that I had finally made it, that I was finally there. All those years of longing, all those years of wandering, all those those years of wondering. All of that came to an end as the door opened up. I only had to knock once, and the door quickly opened up, and then I saw Him. I couldn't believe it was Him! I fell at His feet, speechless, not knowing what to say. A lifetime of talking about Him, of reading about Him, and I now I fell down as a dead man. Without words, he picked me up. I hadn't expected Him to greet me. I thought a servant would, surely He would be to busy for someone as lowly as me. But He greeted me warmly, as He picked me up off the floor giving the best embrace I had ever had. In that embrace, all my fears melted away, all my concern about not belonging, all of them were gone. For in His face and in His touch I knew and felt His love for me. We walked into a r