Jesus waits eagerly, lovingly to recreate us in his image of love and compassion. Jesus has told us that what we do for one another, we do for him. Just as the frog becomes the prince, we are transformed into instruments of God's love when we believe long enough that we are worthy of God's love. Many leave wandering away from faith and pierce themselves with many pain. Unless we move from our sinfulness into God's grace and forgiveness, we get stuck.
Faith begins with a choice.
Sometimes our choices pull us away from God because we think we must be perfect to be with God. And sometimes we just choose to believe someone who tells us we are unworthy to receive God's love. Again and again we are told God loves us unconditionally even when we continue to turn from God or to make poor choices. God's love is constant. We redeem or turn around our lives when we trust God.