Imagine the emotional weight of John 15. Jesus said a lot about leaving the disciples in John 14. He was going to prepare a place for them, but He wanted them to be ready for what was about to happen. But Jesus was indicating much more than emotions, or easing the grief of His leaving. Jesus’ words were all about the power of His kingdom - acknowledging that we must be connected to the Vine. Have I truly understood the working of the kingdom? What does it mean to bear fruit? Does every connected person know when they are bearing fruit? I think I’ve been hiding under my own rock of comfort and protection, selfishly thinking I’ve got it all figured out.
“Being emotionally well isn’t about earning something from God. Your emotional well-being won’t affect how God shows up for you, but it might affect how you show up for God. When we are emotionally healthy, we position ourselves to be more powerful spiritually. That is why, for me, being a therapist is a divine calling. Your heart is a sacred seedbed. Emotional healing is sacred work.” - Anita Phillips, The Garden Within
“Blessed are the poor in Spirit, those who have allowed themselves to be stripped of the old spirit, the spirit of acquisitiveness and security, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven, because they no longer seek to possess but to be possessed, to lose themselves and all that is “theirs” in the ecstasy of simple receiving and simple giving again, or, more accurately, without even any giving or receiving, in the simple being which is the authentic image in us, that divine ecstasy of being which is the living God.” - Chuck DeGroat, Wholeheartedness
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