Are there times you feel far from God? You feel you have fallen short? You don’t feel like a Christian? I have felt like that a couple of times too. Sometime ago, I heard a Christian leader I respect a lot say he had felt that way a number of times too. Phew! I felt better knowing I was not alone, knowing I was not the only Christian who felt that way.
Sometimes we feel disconnected from God. Maybe we have deviated from our communion program, Bible study regimen, been unfaithful in an area, missed a step or fallen flat on our faces. It could be something different for you. You just know that it’s not what it used to be.
What has helped me in such moments is that I have not hesitated to go back to my Heavenly Father as soon as I realize the situation. The solution is never to stay away or keep running but to go back home. You might feel dirty or unworthy but that is when God’s love is best known. One of the biggest lies the devil tries to drum into our ears is that God is mad at us or that God hates us. This is not true at all. God’s love for us never depreciates. God says, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness I have drawn you (Jeremiah 31:3). God has not moved from where He first met us. We are the ones who keep moving. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble… even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea (Psalm 46:1-2).

Like dirty hands would always need some hand wash or soap bar to get clean, we will always need the immaculate One to pick us up, clean us up and put us on our feet again. His arms are always wide open to hold you and cuddle you because you are His dear child. Dear friend, Love would never turn you away.