Jesus is an inviter, a beckoner.
He stands, with arms wide open,
waiting for us to approach him.
He is not a 'tub-thumper', an exhorter.
he does not 'finger-wag' us into 'salvation'.
Listen to him saying, over and over again,
"Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy-laden and I will give you rest!!"
Then, go to him.
You WILL be comforted,
(even if it is with a crook and a staff!
He knows that sometimes that's just what we need.)
(The crook is to rescue us when we have gone astray,
to pull us out of the messes and pits of life into which we can so easily fall
and the staff is to lead us in the right direction when we are lost.)
Above all, DO NOT BE AFRAID!!
