Sitting here at my Garage sale fundraising listening to my worship playlist keeps bringing me back to one moment at a church retreat, and it’s this story I’m about to tell you.
My best friend and I got in a big fight a few months before and it made me leave my church and find different one. That weekend was the first weekend back since the. I saw him instantly on the first night. All weekend I felt God calling me to apologize to him, even though I didn’t want to. By the last day, I was still bitter and I didn’t want to trust God’s plan after apologizing. I felt that my friend would turn away from me and ignore me, and it’s a human reaction to be scared of rejection in situations like these, but I knew I had to follow through with this.
That night, during worship, I was overwhelmed with a wall over overwhelming love that hit me. Right then, I turned around, not expecting my friend to forgive me, but before I could say anything, his arms flew open and he embraced me. I felt my chains break and I was free from the shackles that had once held me back. I dropped to my knees, through my arms open, and gave everything up to my Good God.
This very moment reminds me of what we do with Christ. We are all sinners and we feel like we don’t deserve to be forgiven. So, instead of asking, we avoid it. This just brings us farther and farther away from the Father. But one day, we all break and run to Christ expecting disappointment, but instead He embraces us and loves us with His entire life. My prayer for you, is that you will return to Christ. We are all the prodigal son. We are all loved, and Christ will lovingly be waiting for our return.
Have a blessed day y’all!
