Writing with words…raw words, partial thoughts and some notes towards…Something:

En-counter—to come against something; suggest friction or contact! To touch in order to know. Jesus invited people to encounter God. Jesus was an encounter with God. Jesus is an encounter with God. Jesus also invited people to encounter the spirit in the word or the spirit who animates the words. He was the good news, He was talking about. He is the living word. He tells Philip you have seen the father, for you have seen Me. When we encounter Jesus, we encounter God.

His Nature was and is paternal. His Nature was the Father’s. In Him, also, the letter and the law came together, and were one in being. He lived the law. Incarnated the rules of God, lived them out. The ultimate law being love-a father’s love.

We see that the disciples also became paternal. We learn this in the tone of there writings, and care for the early churches they planted.

Jesus was One in being, just as The Father is One. In Him we also are becoming unified, integrated.

We are not spectators in the christian life, we are participants in the Divine Nature as it forms itself in and through us. We are never voyeurs in Christ, we are active agents. We are not paralyzed by Grace, but rather enacted by it. Infused by His Grace, we live out a life of His Mercy in union with His Being.

Jesus had a name. Jesus is the ultimate namer. We are little namers in Him—little wordsmiths. Adam got to name the animals. We get to name the new creation.

Each of us are leaves on the tree which heals the nations. The tree is Jesus.

We are His leaves of healing. Our spiritual family is in the tree. It is our heritage which is all kept in Him. Our true identities and stories are hidden in His Heart. He whispers them to us, as we go along in faith. Faith is active. Faith is a way of knowing. Faith is the necessary orientation of things in order to know and become themselves. Jesus is Reality.

Union is the goal of christian life. Union with Christ, and thus with His Father and their Holy Spirit. He is one in being, we are those in ever increasing union with His Son Jesus. That’s our life down here and beyond here.

He is the same when we die. Jesus doesn’t change. We stay with Him through death and continue with Him in the spiritual realms. Our eternal identity stays in Him. He is the author and birther of the new life in us, the new creature we are becoming.

Many of us are afraid to express things down here because of fear of rejection. Jesus does not reject us, because He made us and is healing us. Instead, we are beloved chosen children, friends, brothers and sisters. We are becoming like Him—the Great un-rejected One. He was rejected by people, never by God. We are not rejected, instead we are dearly loved.

Suffering is an opportunity for a unique type of communion with Christ. We are asked to fellowship with His suffering—less of our own pain, and more of His. Yet, His burden is light. He will not give us more of His burden than we can learn from.

Jesus is King over all. And that kingship resides within us. So we can act as co-royalty in Him, giving this or that, judging wisely and doing all the activities of royalty. We need not fear being royal in Him.

Since our identities are in Him, we can be sure when we seek only to know and love Him, that our true stories are revealed in that dialogue, that friendly conversation and walking with Jesus through life. He is our best friend. And He thinks of us as friends also. Our relationship is a loving friendship. If we have never experienced a good friendship on earth, we can still experience one with Jesus. He will show us what it is like to have a truly best friend who deeply cares about every aspect of your life constantly, in a way that even a marriage partner can’t fully do down here.

Everything has been said before, but not by you. Expression is unique to each person, and matters to God. Our prayer lives, our study, our writing, our talking with others are all meant to be one of a kind in Christ. This is the snowflake principle. It is also the basis of aesthetics—unity with diversity. We are of one spirit but of multifarious expressions and gifts. We are diademic as a people.

In early stages of spiritual growth, it is ok to borrow other’s spirituality. But as we grow, we should be becoming heirs, no longer under the linguistic or expressive guardianship of other’s paths or ways. We should be walking on the “path prepared beforehand to be our way!” Ephesians 2:10. This unique path is in Christ. And we should be finding our path and its authentic expression, in His Way.

My friend, the love. The Love is the law. The Love is the Life. God is Love. We are safe to become because He is that Love.