Inhaling His Whispers of Rich Grace

  "I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.  Do you believe this?"  John 11:25-26 These words were spoken to Martha as she met Jesus, who was coming to their place after Lazarus had died.  Jesus arrived four days after Lazarus was laid in the grave.  She met Jesus with her disappointment, after all, she had sent for Him to come.  She met Him, saying, - "Lord, if You had been here my brother would not have died."  And in the midst of her disappointment she held faith - "Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." And then Jesus reveals a bit of Himself to her with the words that He is the resurrection and the life and she responds to Jesus' question - "Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God and He who comes into the world." Our journey so often holds this same tension - the tension ...

  The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.  John 10:10 There are two forces going on.  One is the one who wants to steal, kill, and destroy life.  The other is the One who wants to give life and give it abundantly. Recognizing these two forces at work in my life, helps me to understand the battle plan.   Jesus is the one who said these words as to why He came.  He came to give life.  There is a word that caught my attention - might.  This word tells me there is a condition and that is each one of us has a choice to accept and lean into this love.  Jesus is life and to know Jesus is know life.  The more we learn of Him and receive His truth, I believe the more abundant the life is within us.  To the degree of our awareness and acceptance of Jesus, it the degree of our abundant life. The more you and I choose Jesus and His words of Truth, the more life a...