My nephew was away for several days. After his return, I said to his four year old daughter, “I bet your Daddy was happy to see you when he got home.” With a big smile she said, “He sure was. When he saw me, he rushed over and scooped me up and hugged me and he didn’t even take off his shoes!”
It struck me then and has since that this is a wonderful image of God: a God who is so eager and loves us so much that God scoops us up in a loving embrace without even taking the time to take off his shoes.
-Sister Nancy Sullivan, csj