The Courage to Say Come In
The sign stands where cars can see it.
Steel letters catching sun.
Simple words:
Come in. We are open.
Out front, goods spill toward the road.
A dirt bike.
Tools.
Things meant to spark curiosity.
A family business does not survive by hiding.
It survives by being visible.
By trusting strangers enough to welcome them inside.
Many of us learned to close ourselves off quietly.
To keep our needs indoors.
To avoid drawing attention.
To tell ourselves it was safer to stay unnoticed.
Shrinking grows where people believe openness is dangerous.
That asking is embarrassing.
That visibility invites rejection.
But Christ keeps teaching people how to open their lives again.
How to hang signs without apology.
How to let others know there is something inside worth sharing.
Stopping shrinking sometimes looks like letting yourself be known.
Not oversharing.
Not performing.
Just refusing to live sealed shut.
There are seasons when invitation feels risky.
When past disappointment still echoes.
When vulnerability feels like bad business.
Jesus understands that fear.
He knocks.
He waits.
He never forces entry.
But He also refuses to let people live locked from the inside.
If today all you can manage is one small signal to the world—I’m here—that counts.
If you leave the door unlocked instead of barricaded, that is faith.
If you allow yourself to be approached again, that is healing.
You were not created to operate permanently closed.
Christ is teaching you the courage to say,
Come in.