“When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ After He said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’” (John 20:19-21 NRSV)
God does not condemn us for our wounded ability to trust. You and I often tightly close our inner doors out of confusion, fear, and pain. God understands that our inner defenses, our emotional armor, our separating walls have grown in us for a reason. And this God of limitless mercy will not kick down our doors, tear off our masks and armor, or go away angry.
This God, whom we see through Jesus, will continually come to us through our defensive doors, to be with us in power and comfort in our darkness.
-- Flora Slosson Wuellner in “Heart of Healing, Heart of Light”, published by The Upper Room, Nashville, TN. Used with permission.
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