"My dear darling, I am glad that you have come to Me in all your woe. I have always been with you, and now you see me loving, and we are made one in bliss."
Julian of Norwich
"We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that He has already thrown open His door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand - out in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise."
Romans 5:1-2
Julian of Norwich struggled with feelings of shame and guilt for sins she saw in herself. She went through all sorts of rituals of confession and repentance, trying to make up for her sin and find a sense of being okay with God again. Yet when she turned to God, she found Jesus telling her that He had been with her the whole time, loving her, accepting her. When we turn to God, we find He is already turned toward us and in fact, He never turned away from us at all. We don't need to do any rituals or jump through any hoops to get back on God's good side when we fail. We are always on His good side! He is always for us, loving us, friends with us, open toward us, and our connection with Him is always intact, no matter what we do. We never go out of His presence or out of His grace!
A thought: My relationship with God is always intact.