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| Ascension, Laura Summer |
John 16: 24-33
Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name. Pray
from the heart, and it will be given to your heart, that your joy may be
fulfilled.
All this I have given to your souls in imagery. But
the hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in pictures, but will
tell you openly and unveiled about my Father, so that you can grasp it in full,
knowing consciousness. Thus will I proclaim to you the being of the Father. On
that day you will ask out of my power and in my name. And no longer will I ask
the Father on your behalf. For the Father himself will love you because you
have loved me, and have known in your hearts that I have come forth from the
Father. I have come forth from the Father and I have come into this world.
I leave the sense world again and return to the
world of the Father, of which you say that it is the world of death.”
Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking
in clear thought and without imagery. Now we know that all things are revealed
to you and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This
makes us believe that you came from God.”
Jesus answered, “Do you now feel my power in your
heart? Behold, the time is coming, and has already come, when you will be
scattered, each to his own loneliness. You will then also leave me alone. But I
am not alone, for the Father is eternally united with me.
All this I have spoken to you so that in me you may
find peace. In this world you will have great fear and hardship. But take
courage. I have overcome the world.”
Ascension
May 13, 16, 2010
John 16: 24-33
The blossom opens itself to
the sunlit air. Doing so, its beauty and fragrance expand outward. It sends out
its pollen and receives in turn the warm impregnating power from without. It
becomes fruitful. At its deepest core, seeds of new life begin to form.
The deepest core of our
humanity lies in our heart. As we open our heart, we stream forth the fragrant
beauty of our gratitude for all that we have received. Through opening in
gratitude, we continue to receive what we need for our future existence. We
receive from the future the force that engenders new life, a force that settles
into our core.
Christ’s love is that impregnating
power for new life that we receive into our open, thankful hearts. His is the
gentle fire of love, creative of being. His is the power that gives us new,
future life. His love in our hearts is the seed-force of a new earth.
