Open Doors

I love this picture that I took while taking my daughter Brianne to school in England last fall. It is the front doors of the castle where she lived. It reminds me that we never really know the beauty that awaits us when we are willing to open the doors that God places before us. As long as the doors remain closed we too remain closed. Closed to the joy and beauty of stepping into God's great gift. Closed to new opportunities and relationships. And closed to the wonderful feeling of stepping from darkness into the sunshine.

God uses doors as access points to His plan and purpose for us. Sometimes He opens the doors for us, other times he asks us to open them. But it's up to us to walk through them. And why wouldn't we? It is as if God is opening the door for us to enter into His heart. Why would we not want to enter into this kind of intimacy with God? We may not always know what lies on the other side of the open door, but one thing is certain: That's where God is. And He stands there at the entrance to His will and purpose and simply says, "Come on in!"