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Written by Richard Foster, a contemporary theologian and author. This is an excerpt from his book “Prayer.”

God has graciously allowed me to catch a glimpse of his heart, and I want to share with you what I have seen. Today the heart of God is an open wound of love. He aches over our distance and preoccupation. He mourns that we do not draw near to him. He grieves that we have forgotten him. He weeps over our obsession with muchness and manyness. He longs for our presence…And he is inviting you—and me—to come home, to come home to where we belong—his arms are stretched out wide to receive us. His heart is enlarged to take us in.

But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. [Luke 15:20]