For your visit tonight, none of that makes any difference at all. Neither the length nor stress of your journey, nor the size of the entourage of your family and friends, matters right now. What matters is that you are here. You have come to visit. And you are welcome.
Family is always welcome.
Tonight you visit as a member of God s family. And it is God himself who welcomes you. You have come to visit God, and he is happy that you are here. The truth is, he wants to visit with you even more than you may want to visit with him. You can pick up just where you last left off.