A LADY had been away from home during the afternoon and when she returned she looked in her purse for her key. It was not there. She had lost it.
Dinner time was near and night would soon be coming on. She went to the neighbors and borrowed their keys in the hope that one of them would fit her door. But not one of them would fit.
Then someone asked if she had tried the latch. In a spiritless voice she replied, “No, but I will.”
Imagine her surprise when she found that the door had been unlocked all the time! She opened the door and walked in.
What a picture this is of an anxious soul who desires to come to God but thinks he must do something first. He stands outside, his mind full of fears as to being welcome. He believes there are many reasons why he can’t see the Saviour. But really the door is not only unlocked; it stands wide open and all are invited to enter just as they are.
ML-05/27/1962