We've been speaking these past few days about our longing for God, but the reverse is true as well. God has an unbounded longing for us: "Leaping the mountains, bounding the hills, our God comes to meet us". What an image! Picture it. The God of love who longs to wipe away every tear, eliminate death, mourning, wailing and pain" (Rev. 21:4), yearns intensely to protect us, to give us refuge in the shelter of his wings, to give us light and life (cf. Psalm 36 ) and desires not only that we should be true to that vision he has for us: to become the ideal person God sees in us, the person we could be, the person God would have us be, but also that we should serve one another with our whole heart and soul. Can we imagine the intensity of this longing, which moved God to send Jesus to show us this love, this vision, and which daily awaits our response? This is part of the Advent journey...the merger of our longing with God's. Be attentive to it. What is your response?
Bro. Rene
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