Relationships can cool, even disintegrate, with us hardly even noticing the slow movement away from each other. Maybe you’ve had that happen only to be woken up to reality by some obvious flare up or an unmistakably painful comment or a brave and direct expression of impact. In today’s passage we see God, vulnerably expressing His good, longing heart toward His people. It is an attempt to wake them up to their cooling relationship. “Return to Me,” God urges, “I’ve already got My response to you planned.” It couldn’t happen, except in light of Easter.
Malachi 3:6-7