Untroubled Relationship

Last night Kaydence spent the night with us. It amazes me how I love her. How her every move and word delights me, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. I just want to squeeze her into me. I would do anything for her. I would die for her.

It amazes me even more to think that my creator feels the same about me. I’m not naive enough to think I’m  as cute and lovable as a two year old. But I know He wants me to be one with Him in that same passionate way. It’s all about moving toward that eventual oneness with the Creator, the state which we are ultimately created for. We will ask in His name because we will be so intimate with Him that we will be one with Him. And “that day” is not a day in the heavens but a day meant for here and now. Our Lord does not mean that our lives will be free from external difficulties and uncertainties, but that just as He knew the Father’s heart and mind, we too can be lifted by Him into heavenly places through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, so that He can reveal the teachings of God to us.

“. . . whatever you ask the Father in My name . . .” (John 16:23). “That day” is a day of peace and an untroubled relationship between God and His saint. Just as Jesus stood unblemished and pure in the presence of His Father, we too by the mighty power and effectiveness of the baptism of the Holy Spirit can be lifted into that relationship—”. . . that they may be one just as We are one . . .” (John 17:22).

Kaydence, I love you not just for who you are but for the reminder you are of how I am loved and blessed.

Nick