When I think of all this,
I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,
the Creator of everything
in heaven and on earth.
I pray that from his glorious,
unlimited resources he will
empower you with inner strength
through his Spirit.
Then Christ will make his home
in your hearts as you trust in him.
Your roots will grow down into
God's love and keep you strong.
And may you have the power to understand,
as all God's people should,
how wide, how long, how high,
and how deep his love is.
May you experience the love of Christ,
though it is too great to understand fully.
Then you will be made complete with all
the fullness of life and power
that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able,
through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more
than we might ask or think.
Glory to him in the church
and in Christ Jesus through all generations,
forever and ever! Amen.
feels and touches and breathes
and hears and sees the love of
the Father...
when one sits in silence
stunned at the glory
of His presence...
all is changed.
for how can His presence
not change all?
and how can a love so
wide and deep and
high and long...
ununderstandable
in dimension...
how can even a
taste of that love
leave anyone
the same?
for it is impossible
to encounter His glory
and fathom His love without
being radically changed.
for most of my life I thought I knew Him.
I thought I got it.
with pride, even.
yet I have learned
the difference vast
between knowledge
and relationship.
and no amount of knowledge
can come close to the
breathtaking love story
awaiting the heart longing for more...
for once that heart beats
in time to His own heartbeat,
a fullness,
a completion,
will simply overwhelm.
and you will never
be the same again.
He promises.
when one sits in silence
stunned at the glory
of His presence...
all is changed.
for how can His presence
not change all?
and how can a love so
wide and deep and
high and long...
ununderstandable
in dimension...
how can even a
taste of that love
leave anyone
the same?
for it is impossible
to encounter His glory
and fathom His love without
being radically changed.
for most of my life I thought I knew Him.
I thought I got it.
with pride, even.
yet I have learned
the difference vast
between knowledge
and relationship.
and no amount of knowledge
can come close to the
breathtaking love story
awaiting the heart longing for more...
for once that heart beats
in time to His own heartbeat,
a fullness,
a completion,
will simply overwhelm.
and you will never
be the same again.
He promises.
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