”Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Rev. 3:20, NKJV). Revelation 3:20 is a picture of the heart of God. He stands at the door of our hearts and knocks. He longs to connect with us. He wants to spend time with us … to eat with us and to enjoy life together with us. In Romans 8:31, God tells us that He is “for” us. This is the true picture of the heart of God. If

There is true wounding—the kind of thing that brings long term harm to a person. There is perceived pain. Sometimes, a person bringing pain is actually doing me a favor. Sometimes, they are doing me deep and lasting harm. Pain happens when something we care about is violated. When people care about very different things, there can be a clash between the two value systems. Scott Miller, founder of the Circles program, has documented some of the different values that exist