Live 4 The LORD

God is not indifferent to our lives. He wants them to bear fruit; he wants us to live fully. As our Creator, he has a right to expect us to live as he intended us to, just as the owner of the orchard has a right to expect his fig tree to grow figs. And yet, he doesn’t demand his rights. Rather, he sends his Son to “cultivate the ground” of our hearts, to fertilize it with his love, his doctrine, and his sacraments. He does everything he possibly can to convince us to live in friendship with God, a friendship that will yield the lasting fruits of meaning and happiness. In the end, however, he leaves the decision up to us. After all, a forced friendship is no friendship at all.