A new and already dear friend told me about the following quote when we met last Tuesday. It's beautiful phrasing tells us that God loves us far more than we can imagine. I repeated this passage to William last night when he was having trouble sleeping and the most beautiful smile spread across his face. I hope that it has the same effect on you:
Says the Almighty:
"I am at My servant’s expectation. And I am indeed with him when he makes mention of Me. If he remembers Me secretly in his mind, I will likewise secretly remember him in My mind. But if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I will make mention of him in an assembly far better than it. If he draws nearer to Me the distance of a hand’s span, I draw nearer to him an arm’s length. And if he draws nearer to Me by an arm’s length, I draw nearer to him by a fathom’s length. If he comes to Me walking, I will come to him running."
- A Holy Hadith, slightly modified from the translation given by Mahmoud Ayoub in his Islam: Faith and History, found at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2013/10/i-will-come-to-him-running.html
Just think - if we draw closer to God by a hand's width, he will move toward us the length of our arm; if we move toward him the length of our arm he will come a fathom closer, and if we but take a few steps toward God, God will come to us running. I can only imagine the embrace when God reaches each one of us. May this blessing be yours today!
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