‘I am waiting for you in eternity ’ (Inner Word).
Could we hear a more beautiful expression of our Father’s love for us? How wonderful it is for us on the human level when someone waits for us simply out of love, not because He wants something from us, but because He is pleased to have us near. It is also a delight when He expressly manifests it to us.
What a delight it is to hear that a most loving God awaits us with His own after our earthly life is over! How much our Father draws near to us, far beyond our narrow earthly existence! So many things resonate in this wonderful sentence: the expectation of our Father for us, who watches over our life and wants to fill us with the fullness of his grace; our return to the eternal homeland, where all those who love God are; the tender affirmation of our Father’s love, who addresses us personally in this sentence and inflames our hearts so that we may earn the crown of victory and take it with us into eternity.
Today’s phrase can accompany us every day of our lives and in all situations, both those that are easy to face and those in which the crosses of life come upon us. These tender words of our Father will always be there, and in trouble they will give us strength (cf. Ps 4:2b). It is a promise that binds our heart to our heavenly Father and is able to give us comfort when we are in danger of falling into despair. “I wait for you in eternity, my son. Don’t forget that and always keep your eyes fixed on me” – this is how this comforting sentence could continue.
‘I am waiting for you in eternity’. Such is our Father!