Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 4)
Would you receive the Father’s unconditional love if you were the prodigal son? The Father wants us to convert from a conditional, perfectionistic way of experiencing God to a place of just being unconditionally loved by Him. But we can sometimes hold onto shame for security. What is asked of us is to leave behind that shame—let the shame and self-contempt crumble.
We don’t need to “pay rent” to be loved by the heavenly Father. Our sonship/daughtership is not to be paid but freely given to us. The invitation for all of us is to remain in the Father’s forgiveness and mercy. Let the relationship we have with Him restore and heal us from the place of shame and insecurity that we put ourselves into.
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