What Depths!

We who have received the grace of believing in Christ, the Revealer of the Father and the Savior of the world, have a duty to show to what depths the relationship with Christ can lead.---Pope John Paul 2, from his apostolic letter, Novo Millennio Ienuente 

 

"..to what depths the relationship with Christ can lead." Aren't these words riveting?! Doesn't it fill the heart with wonder and deep longing for a deeper intimacy with Jesus?! Pope John Paul had an incredible love for Jesus, and his desire and hope were to show all the ever mysterious depths that a life in Christ can fathom. What depths! Is this our thought in the mornings when we are having our coffee? This is the call to every single person baptized into the new life of Christ Jesus the Lord. We cannot be stagnant in our seeking or in our devotion to Jesus. We must, by grace, press in more and more to our Beloved Lord. We can never get close enough! If we do not feel like it, we must ask Him to give us this desire. He will. The closer we get, the more we will love. We will love the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and learn to move within Their Love. We will love those around us with a sacrificial love. We will love the Saints and learn from their journeys of faith. We will love our enemies and pray as ardently for them as we do our friends. We will carry crosses we never dreamed we could carry. We will suffer through many dark nights of the soul as we are mercifully purged more and more of self. This is not a spectator sport! Walking with Jesus is real, more real than anything else, and its end is seeing His beautiful Face! 

 

Hallelujah!

 

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