IMAGINE yourself to be standing in the darkness outside the window of a beautiful home. The rain is pouring down and it is very cold. You have no home — no shelter, no friends. Inside you see the bright cheerful fire burning, the warm rugs, the comfortable chairs and sofas, and everything is the picture of happiness and comfort.
The table is spread with good things and the family is sitting around it. It is the scene of peace, because of mutual love, and all is provided by the bounty of the head of the house. The very sight of all this only deepens your misery and wretchedness and you turn away with a sigh.
But, wait a minute! The master of the house comes out. He sees your longing looks, your dejected attitude, and he says in tones of wonderful sweetness, "Come in all is for you!"
You gladly accept the invitation; you pass from the darkness of the cold into the light and warmth; and again your host says to you, "Now you are here, and this is to be your home. I will adopt you as my child, and you may enjoy my house till your heart's content."
Something like this was the experience of one of old who said, "He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love."
Such is the love and goodness of God.
Messages of the Love of God 9/28/1975