Are you Running?
I have a two year old son at home named Oliver. Oliver is full of joy, and makes me laugh everyday.
One of my favorite things to do is chase Oliver around our house. He runs with tiny steps and occasionally looks back (can be dangerous, I know) to make sure I'm still in pursuit.
When I met Jesus, I was baffled by the truth of God's relentless pursuit. That despite my own brokenness and like Oliver, my tendency to fall often, God continued to chase me down, to the point of dying on the cross for me.
In John 20, Mary Magdalene runs to tell Peter and John that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. I can't imagine what is going through their minds as they run to the tomb where their teacher and friend had been laid. When they finally got to the tomb, they saw, believed and understood what Christ had been telling them all along.
As we prepare for Easter, I pray that we would all run towards a deeper relationship with Christ in anticipation of His faithfulness and continued works in our lives. May we understand that while we run away from God, He continues in pursuit of us. And may we recognize that no matter how far we've run, we can always be found in Him.