4.30.12

John 1:12 But to all who believed him (Jesus) and accepted him, he gave the right to become the children of God.

My Thoughts
My husband, Robby is a UPS driver. He delivers to this huge house...it has two round towers... it is massive...it looks like a castle.  In fact he calls it "The Castle."  He will say "I had a package for The Castle today." It is massive and beautiful.

We could never knock on the door of that castle and say "I love your son, I believe he is yours." and just be invited in to live.. to be taken care of...to be loved. They would just look at us like we were crazy people.

Yet God with all his glory... who lives in a place that would make this castle so small, so unglorious... who lives in a place of pure love, joy and peace, says to us, "Here is my son, accept him and love him and all I have is yours!" Jesus said... "I am leaving you now but I will prepare a place for you!" He is preparing a place for us in that wonderful castle of Heaven! All we have to do is love somebody back, that loved us so much that they died on a cross in our place!!  That shouldn't even be hard. 

If we were drowning...and a stranger jumped in and saved us...we would feel forever grateful. We would instantly love that person...they would always be a part of our hearts.

Jesus did just that... He basically said "No, take me!! Don't put her, don't put him on that cross, take me instead!!"  Yet so often we spend whole days, weeks, months or even  years without taking time to love Jesus back. 

How blessed we are that we can knock on the door of Heaven and say...I believe, I accept, please forgive me of my sins.  And God opens that door and says, "Come on in my child, we are so happy you  are home!"