June 23, 2019: Held, Kept, Embraced – Amanda Lum

Jesus, in John’s Gospel, prays for those who will believe in him because of the message of his disciples. John records his words, saying, “… that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.” There’s that language that John frequently uses, “in me” and “in you” and “in Christ” and “in God.” Of course, we can be so familiar with a term or phrase that we may not even know what it means or think to ask what it means at all.

And sometimes it proves difficult to consider and define what it actually means. So what if, in this case, we learn by doing? What if we better understand ways we can rest in Christ and in God – develop a deep relationship – so that we can understand something at a deeper level, maybe a place beyond words?