“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” – Hans Urs von Balthasar

To cover the opening of I closed the box.  To change the position so as to prevent passage through an opening: shut Please close the door.: to bring or come to an end I closed my account.

There are 37 verses that mention closure.

Is life like Pandora’s box?  The moral of Pandora's Box is that unchecked curiosity and disobedience can be dangerous, but hope remains.

Our world is so full of dangers physical, mental, and spiritual... We are warned, we are tempted... We are subject to heartbreak... 

But the good news is we are given choices ... When we stand at the crossroads of life are we strong enough to choose the road to freedom or do we slide down the slippery slope of discontent and despair? 

We have all heard that saying. When God closes one door, He opens another... Do we recognize that He is trying to protect us from ourselves ... or do we keep hitting our heads against the door... in an attempt to keep it cracked open...? 

I do believe we all have been tempted to stay in the status quo because of fear of the unknown... We hold on to what becomes comfortable, and uneventful ... because change can be a scary situation... 

I have come to realize the statement is correct ... God does close the door and opens the other... However, it’s the door to this world that He is closing... It may be disguised as a person, place, or thing... 

But as He closes a this-worldly door He opens the door to His heart... 

Its Him. It has always been HIM....

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

Jesus is the door to beautiful freedom. He unbinds our soul to witness the beauty of the world Our Heaven Father created... He gives us the strength to endure all of life’s obstacles. Giving us the ability to live a beautiful and satisfying life. 

His love is the key... 

So when we are standing at 

the crossroad pick up the key and open the door of HOPE !!!

Photography & Written by Lori Garner

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Bible collaboration - Joann Turnbull 

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