But just that thou might’st seek it in My arms … Rise, clasp My hand, and come!’6 Francis Thompson was expressing what is true of every Christian; it has certainly been true in my life. If we love Christ, it is because he loved us first (1 John 4:19). If we are Christians at all, it is not because we have decided for Christ, but because Christ has decided for us. It is because of the pursuit of ‘this tremendous lover’. For evidence that the initiative is his, I invite you to take with me a fresh
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