Agape Communities

“What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out. The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life he brings into Light. 

He came to his own people but they didn’t want him. But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves. 

No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has made him plain as day.”
- John 1 (The Message)

I’ve been captivated by those phrases lately. “He made them to be their true selves”. So many times we aren’t aware of all of the clothes and things we’ve acquired over the years to make us think we need to get value or acceptance or status or image or whatever. Most of us wouldn’t know what to say if asked “What’s on your heart these days? What do you dream about?” Passion…life…love…all of these things flow from the relentless self-aware pursuit of those questions. When’s the last time you dreamed? Maybe it’s the blood-thinners, I’m not sure(he he), but I’ve been dreaming again. Who are you? Don’t tell me what you do (job, parent, social status, husband, wife)…tell me who you are…how you believe (or hope) God sees you….who….are….you? We get so entrenched in life that we forget how to really live…don’t we. It matters to discover that. To reveal what’s God’s always known and is waiting for you to discover. It’s a beautiful thing to become who you are.