Mom Heart Moments #290

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

WHEN THE LIFE OF JESUS IS IN our midst, there is a palpable crackle in the air, a sparkle to the lights and shadows of His dance among us. Imagine the Creator of the universe, the One who played games with galaxies and atoms, who gave us romantic love and sunsets.

Yet most people I know, including me so much of the time, live as though their feet are tied to the ground by heavy loads of duty, works, guilt, worry, comparison, inadequacy, boredom . . . etc., etc., etc. He did not create us to live in such a way. He came to give life, and life more abundant. The joy of the Lord is to be our strength. What have the voices of this world done to our joy?

Who in your life points you passionately, irresistibly into the arms of a loving God, a gentle Shepherd, a compassionate Father, an interesting Artist? He is the God who longs for us to celebrate life, to exist above the mundane present to perceive the invisible life of the Kingdom He is shaping through us for eternity.

Knowing Him should create in us a powerful sense of life, excellence, and expectancy from a heart filled with faith, love, and anticipation.

Jesus “was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man” (John 1:9). In leaving everything behind and pursuing Him —not rules or laws or formula or morality, but the Person who has so much more to offer —we find light and life. His Kingdom is the pearl of great price, worth selling all that we have in order to grasp it and hold it fast.

So, I ask today: Are you finding deep fulfillment and a bubbling up of life from deep within? A feeling of heaven meeting earth in your home right where you are?