Turnarounds

When I have a problem with my computer and visit the IT department, it is like going to a different world: as they explain the situation in specialist language, I have no idea what they are saying and can’t even read the underlying tone, as they present the analysis in a factual manner. At the end of the explanation, I usually look back with a glimmer of hope and cautiously ask: “Does that mean it can be fixed?”

One day the IT professional said that his customers were like those little battery toys, which would walk along by themselves, before hitting a wall and finding themselves stuck: he added that it was just a question of turning the toy around, so that it could continue its journey successfully.

However, it is not only little toys and IT customers who need redirected: I’m sure it is not only me who heads off on the wrong path and often needs a nudge in the right direction. The good news is that God is always waiting for us, with open arms, when we realise that we have messed up. Whether we are coming to Jesus for the first time, asking him to forgive us for what we have done as he has already paid for us, or coming back to him, he is welcoming us in love.

• “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”

  (Words of Jesus from John 10:28)

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