The Book of Privy Counseling – In the context of all we have been saying about contemplation, you may understand our Lord’s words like this: “As God, I am the all-powerful porter and therefore, it is up to me to determine who may enter and how. But I chose instead to make a common, clear way to the sheepfold, open to everyone who wanted to come. So I clothed myself in an ordinary human nature and made myself utterly available so that no one could excuse himself from coming because he did not know the way. In my humanity, I am the door and whoever comes in by way of me shall be safe. mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God, David Reese