Jesus Loves Me, This I Know...Because
Many different times He's told me so. I remember once when my
life was not going so well, He spoke to me as one Spirit speaks
to another spirit: "Trust Me, it will all come out well."
...and it did.
Another time
I imagined I saw Jesus walking toward me and He was carrying a
fancy ceramic bowl, colorful and intricately decorated. I was
walking toward Him too and my bowl was smaller, less colorful.
We came together and exchanged gifts, He and I. I said to Him,
"Jesus, you're so kind to give me your life, your bowl. It's so
much bigger than my gift to you...but you don't even consider
that. You just give me all you have."
My life continued.
I meandered through time, not being able to control events, but
most certainly able to control my developing heart attitudes.
In the hallway of my mind, my Lover surprised me.
He said nothing.
He just looked.
My cheek found itself gently brushing His and
we were suddenly whispering together
there in the hallway of my mind.
I began to breathe more deeply.
I felt Him reach for me and
enclose me in a world apart.
My Lover loved me gently, then passionately,
then gently again,
prolonging the moment.
We whispered things to one another that
we don't share with others.
My Lover and me, we joined ourselves like intertwining
vines and it was pleasing.
He often surprises me like this...
in the hallway of my mind.
He gives me gifts practically every day.
Many, many times I see heart shapes. I have a collection of
heart rocks...I see heart-shaped marks on the road, on trees,
everywhere I look. And between me and God, it means He loves
me.
I have a future and this I know full well.
Someday I'll live in Eternity and not Time and when I step
across the divide, I will be joyously welcomed and entertained
and given a lifestyle that suits me. I love to work and be
active. My Lover and I will intertwine ourselves together often
and find fulfillment in giving ourselves totally to one another
just as we have always done.
Someone loves me, that Someone has a plan, and that Someone
tells me bits and pieces of the plan as we live, meandering
through time, building as we go, preparing for our Future (Him
knowing where we're going, me reacting as gracefully as I can
at each opportunity He gives me). One of the last times I saw
Jesus, He and I were in a crowd of people, a vast sea of His
people. But He had eyes only for me. He was raised up on
higher ground than those around Him and He was looking directly
at me, enjoying the sight of me and who I am.
I love Him too, with my whole heart. I'm centered. I'm focused.
I know where I'm going and I'm going there full of trust that
JESUS LOVES ME. I'm coming, Lord Jesus. I'm a little closer...
Sincerely from me, in commemoration of Christmastime, that
wonderful holiday that centers around Jesus' love for all of us.
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