waiting with outstretched arms

not passively waiting

sitting in the house complacent

running down the road

waiting with outstretched arms

eager, happy

for us to return to him

a picture of our father

our loving God

waiting for us

waiting with outstretched arms

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December 3, 2013

Week Seven -

pages 147-149

The Workbook on Virtues and the Fruit of the Spirit

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