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I love the feelings that arise when I get to go to my parents’ home in Georgia. All the memories and feelings that accompany them flood my mind and my heart as I drive to their house, each mile more familiar than the previous. When I get there and walk through the front door, my mom greets me with open arms and the sweetest smile. My dad walks behind her and patiently waits for her to collect all the hugs she missed since the last time we visited. She turns to hug my wife as I hug my dad. My dad’s hugs have gotten so much better over the last few years. The squeeze gets tighter with each visit. His hugs tell me so much about what’s down deep in his heart. In them I hear him say, “I love you so much. I’m proud of you, son. Look where God has brought us in our relationship. It sure is good to see you. I’m so blessed to be your dad.” And with humility and joy, I gladly accept his offer of love.

As I ponder the inexpressible feelings of vitality and joy that fill my soul during this exchange, I can only catch a glimpse of what it must be like to go to my Heavenly home and be warmly welcomed by my Heavenly Father. My Father will welcome me into his arms with a tight squeeze. And because he sees the perfection of Jesus Christ when he looks at me, I can hear him say, “I love you so much. I’m proud of you, son. Look where we’ve come in our relationship. Boy, it’s good to see you. I’m so blessed to be your dad.” And with humility and joy, I will gladly accept his offer of love.

It is because of the perfect obedience of his Son that God can see us, even with all of our faults, as being perfect and deserving of his love. He requires no work of obedience on our part to gain his affection. He only requires faith in his Son’s death as payment for our own disobedience. Our best acts of obedience are tainted with impure motives and imperfect methods. So we must accept Christ’s perfect obedience to be our own. Through that faith we are made one with Christ and through that unity we are being made perfect until the day we go home.

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from The Golden Road (Solo Piano), released February 18, 1999

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