An Open Door

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: "No man can predict when God will visit him, but he can leave the door open." We cannot dictate the time when God will come, nor the how. So often it is unexpected but "just what the doctor ordered." It might be an awareness of our need for mercy, or our need to forgive someone. Something we read might carry more weight on a certain day...just the thing we need to hear...thus God makes his entry.
Another tack God uses it is convince us to do something that we don't think we can do...we're too busy and therefore must beg off. Really? In our own minds, yes, but in God's no. When we comply to God's wish, we discover a treasure we never would have found, had we followed our own way. The open door is key. Can we leave it open? Again, it's an act of faith and trust. Our God of love has not inteniton of harming us, so we have nothing to fear. No locks on our door, yes, we even leave it open. Let us try it today...and one day at a time make the open door policy ours for life.
Bro. Rene