GUEST POST Written by Monica Ricketts

“Let me embrace you.” The words echoed through my mind as I stood at the front of the church. A guest speaker was there that day and talked about how we need to embrace Jesus. After the message, he gave a call for anyone who needed to embrace Jesus more.

To be honest I thought I was doing a pretty good job with that and didn’t feel the need to respond, yet something in my heart was pulling me to go up. So I did. Standing at the front not knowing why I was up there, I just stood there and raised my hands. That’s when I heard it. The voice I can recognize a mile away. That still small whisper in my heart.

“You try so hard to embrace me but you haven’t let me embrace you. Would you just allow me to…