Episode 318 - Faith is Knowing You Are Loved

We are the sheep that wander, the coin that cannot lift itself, and the child who finally turns toward home. Yet before any step is taken, the Shepherd is already searching, the Father is already running, and heaven is already preparing to rejoice. Repentance is not the anxious effort to persuade God to love us, but the awakening of trust that He never ceased to love us at all. The oldest temptation is not merely pride or desire, but the quiet suspicion that the Father cannot be trusted. That lie isolates us from God and from one another, until we become the lonely one separated from the ninety-nine. But when trust is restored, communion is restored. Our tears become a bright sadness that gives way to joy, for the One we feared is the very One who has always been seeking us.