A line from the hymn Christ Is Alive! By Brian Wren caught my attention this morning: “He comes to claim the here and now.”
When we love someone, we want to be with them. How can that be any different for God, whose love is so much greater than we can imagine? Yes, in the great scheme of things we are lowly and have many limitations, yet inexplicably God loves us and wants to be with us, and thus there Christ is at our side.
Like the disciples walking to Emmaus, we often don’t recognize who is accompanying us on our journey. As with these disciples, we would do well to pay attention when our hearts are burning within us, for this is a sign that Christ has come to claim the here and now—Christ has come to claim us, who are beloved.
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