When I sin God does not leave me. Like Cain, he comes to me and tells me that I am wanting the wrong thing. That he himself will satisfy. Then I have a choice to turn to him or away. My sin does not make him leave me, it actually brings him closer, to talk to me and confront, then I have a choice. Sin does not break the bond, choosing to turn away and stay in it does. He said he would never leave, it is I who choose to continue to go the wrong way. When I get tired and frustrated with the wrong way he hopes I will come back. But I am the one that chooses to leave his presence.
Magisterium:
Catholic truth: **God’s mercy confronts sin, calls the sinner to conversion, and does not abandon the person who can still turn back**—yet **it is real that sin can “separate” the soul from God when one persists in it**, and the human person can resist grace.
God does not “leave you” when you sin—he seeks you out
In Genesis, even before Cain commits the worst act, God does not treat him as abandoned. He addresses him personally:
> “Why are you angry…? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, **sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it**.”
The image is very much like what you wrote: **sin is near, urging; God comes close to warn, to enlighten, and to call you to master it.**
Likewise, John Paul II teaches that God “actively seeks out and lovingly awaits” the sinner through **metanoia**—a radical turning of mind and heart back to the Father.
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