Jesus
holds me. Jesus. Not an unknown God in my heart or in my brain. Jesus,
the one who died and is risen from the dead. Jesus the one who holds me
now and will hold me forever. Jesus, the Word of God, the Way, the
Truth, the Life. Jesus. The one seen and known by witnesses who were
filled by God in the Holy Spirit and who spread the news of Jesus love
that goes on forever and never gives up on me or on you. Jesus. What a
treasure it is to know him and trust him and allow him to guide me. Not
in a way that can only be explained by analogies or mythological
language, but the One True God who took on flesh and lives now forever.
He holds me. And He holds you too, because besides being the one you can
know, he's the One who holds all things together, even molecules.
Plants, animals and all people depend upon Him for every breath. He is
the source of all life and all existence. He was, He is, and He is to
come. All Grace. All Love. All Mercy. No one is excluded. Read the
stories of Jesus as they are recorded in the Bible. Read about all the
wounded and sick and rejected who found a Home in Him. Read how he stood
up for the poor and the poor in spirit. Read how he stood against the
self-sufficient ones and the religious ones who were threatened by his
all-encompassing grace and love. O Jesus. How I long that everyone would
know who you are.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
"There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
"The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
"(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)
"Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known."
John chapter 1, New International Version Translation
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
"There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
"The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
"(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)
"Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known."
John chapter 1, New International Version Translation
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