Belief

Here is Jesus talking: "My Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life." (John 6:40)


Here's some commentary from Sacred Space: "The evidence for Jesus’ resurrection is persuasive but not overwhelming. It can neither be proved nor disproved scientifically...The disciples had a personal decision to make, like jurors faced with a limited amount of evidence in a trial. Their reasons for their belief were, at least to themselves, compelling, and were vindicated over and over by what happened when they lived out their belief."


Lord,
Yesterday I prayed for some guidance with the kids at Roswell North Elementary, and I did have a better day. Having prayed about it, I was able to look around and see if you were present, if you were guiding me. I feel better about this commitment now. I had vacillated over my decision to pawn Lily off on Marina's mother, who had to go back to the school to pick her up, so that I could fulfill my volunteer responsibilities. But everything worked out fine. 


You are more than just present. You are the source of all love, of all sweetness. I was reading in Lauren Winner's book all the quotes from saints about your being "sweet." I call Isabel and Lily "sweet pea" and "sweet girl," because this is what they are to me. The passages reminded me that "sweet" is a God thing. Sweetness comes from you.


You are also the Presider Over Everything, which is an idea too profound for me to understand. Decay fades, and regeneration begins, through your power. Your will is that I would live forever, that we would all live forever, together, in your image of goodness. I will live forever, my soul anyway, because I believe in Your son. And you are drawing me, invisibly, gently, to become more like Him.


"The graced side of Christian history shows that for those who truly accept that Jesus is risen, everything is changed and made new. Hope replaces cynicism and despair. The sadness of existence begins to throb with divine mystery," says the Sacred Space commentary.


I pray that my existence will throb with divine mystery. I pray for your protection over my family today.


In your son's name I pray,
Amen