The Road to the Cross Leads Home
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An invitation for me? Who is it from? Jesus … wants to see me? The meeting place: Here? - Is that a knock at the door? - Should I answer? - Is what I’m wearing appropriate? - Shall I open the door just as I am? - I’m not as clean as I would like to be … I let Him come in. His eyes are so kind. I sense that He knows me completely, sin and all. I quickly realize I do not deserve this predestined visit. “Surprise!” He states softly with a smile. What is this? He has a gift for me. Should I open it? He watches intently, expectantly. The wrapping is red. The box is wooden. I look; there’s a heart inside. He’s giving me His heart. “I’m so glad I let You in, Lord, but You paid way too much for this gift. When I think of the cost it leaves me speechless. What could I possibly give You in return?” My heart you say? My heart? I surrender all. One box of wood now holds two hearts. It sits before us as we begin to learn more about each other. This gift holds the invitation of a lifetime. You stay, and we talk into the night. The next thing I know it’s morning, and joy has come just as You promised! My heart can hardly believe this will be from everlasting to everlasting! Before You leave I have to look at the gift once more. Opening the box I see—a miracle! The two hearts have become one; they beat together now with fervent love for each other. And the desire You spoke about, to invite others to receive You and begin life anew, has now become a flame in my soul. Dear Readers, Consider the love of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, who shed His blood on a wooden tree at Golgotha’s hill to pay for our sins, that we might forever be with Him in heaven. Can you see Him looking for you through the centuries of time and coming to your heart’s door, standing and knocking? Can you feel your heart beat faster as you begin to open the door?
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You are invited on a journey. It begins with an open heart …
You can walk the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, be refreshed with living water at a well in Samaria or go fishing on the Sea of Tiberias with your friends where, after a hard night’s toil catching nothing, you find breakfast waiting as you head back to shore …
Watch as a young mother thinks she has lost her son twice; once, when he was a lad and later when he was cut down in the prime of his life. If you believe in miracles this will lift you to the highest …
Catch a glimpse of a father’s emotions as his eyes follow his rebellious son leaving home to find new life in a foreign country. Life’s circumstances cause a change in the boy’s heart; well, you’ll have to read the rest of the story to see how it ends …
This journey is personal and life changing if you are willing to take the chance. When you choose to walk this road, which is narrower than all others, you will find yourself heading … Home. And the good news is One who will love you forever waits to welcome you with open arms!
About the Author
This is Faye Stewart’s first step into the world of publishing. Discovering the joy of writing later in life, she is grateful for the opportunity to share God’s invitation to the world. She lives in Sandston, Virginia and has three sons and three grandchildren.