Glorious to love with a heart that is free of return receipt.  They are wonderful, just look at them, adorned with the gifts, emotion, passions and aspirations of Glory.  Running about trying so hard to be good enough to pass inspection, constantly being criticized by inadequacy egged on by the bringer of lies.  Yes, the Lord requires repentance, but which of us feels no remorse for our iniquities, the wounds we have caused others and ourselves?  And what of the slights toward God, repugnant, disobedient, intentional, determined to show him who’s in charge?  We begin to see that we never could measure up of our own intent, but somehow we have been forgiven and been made acceptable regardless.

But what of them who continue to defy?  The course begins, “Have you ever lied, have you ever stolen, have you ever lusted after another man’s wife”?   Yes to any of these in God’s standards requires a life payment.  So where do we draw the line with regard to sin value, should we immediately condemn all of who have committed a sin we deem above the 6th degree of difficulty?  No, since God made the rules, all sins require payment.  How then are we to reconcile our own sin and our resistance to accept accountability and repentance, instead believing ourselves somehow good enough to pass muster when heaven’s trumpet sounds.  See I do not get to proclaim my own authorization to enter the pearly gates of God, He does.  And for that the requirement is repentance, belief and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the grace offering of redemption, salvation and sanctification through the Holy Spirit.  Nothing else will suffice, no other path allows a shortcut that may circumvent his requirements, the only other options is eternity spent separated from Glory, from loved ones from God.

I love you so much, I beg you to stop running and turn your face to a waiting God.  He has been pursuing you since birth, hoping, praying and knowing that at some point you would hear that call upon your heart and feel the need for relationship.  The father waits, he waits patiently for you to choose his love.  Won’t you accept it now and fulfill the purpose for this life that may only be found in the creator?  My time, all time, perhaps today may be the last opportunity for redemption.  If you knew this was your last day, your last few hours or even your last week, how would you act differently than you are now?  Make it today, cry out to God for salvation, call upon the mighty name of Jesus for forgiveness of sin, cleansing of unrighteousness, to be set free from the prisons of this world.  Let God’s Holy Spirit into your life to baptize you by fire and prepare you, seal you and empower you for the works for which you were fearfully and wonderfully crafted by God.  Come on home for eternity.  In Jesus’ Name I pray.