Held in God's Heart
Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter John 6:35–40 In today’s Gospel, Jesus continues his beautiful teaching on the Bread of Life. Jesus begins with a promise that reaches right into the deepest places of the human heart: “Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” These are words spoken not to perfect disciples, but to ordinary people—people who misunderstand, who question, who struggle to trust. In other words, people like us. Jesus reveals something astonishing about God—God wants us. Jesus desires that we come to him, that we be drawn into divine life, that we discover in God the love we’ve been searching for everywhere else. Jesus says, “I will not reject anyone who comes to me”—Not the weary. Not the doubting. Not the imperfect. Not the ones who feel they’ve failed too many times. There is no fine print. No exceptions. No hidden conditions. Just a wide‑open invitation. Jesus goes on to say that he came not t...