So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”
-John 11:3
I'm gonna share with you a mantra of some sort. It grew into me during the period when the events of this post was happening.
It instantly calmed me down, brings peace to my heart, and puts everything into perspective.
Say it as many times as needed. No overdosing, no side effects, just effectiveness. Ready? Here goes.
(Now, you have to actually say it, or at least whisper it, for this to take effect.)
Imagine Jesus asking you: "Who are you?"
Then answer the question with: "I'm the one whom You love."
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My guess would be that you just read that. Now, actually try DOING it. Ask yourself, then answer yourself.
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BAM!! Did you not just feel better instantly? (I did!) Every time my heart starts getting restless, or my mind starts getting chaotic, or when fear comes visiting, any form of my heart being away from that state of rest, the Holy Spirit would just nudge me to mutter these words, as many times as needed, and without fail, it always brings me back to rest.
When it started, it was "who are you?", "I'm the one whom Jesus loves". But then after a while, it grew to "I'm the one whom YOU love", because one day, while muttering it, I realised that Jesus was right there too. He was (is) close enough for me to talk to, and the best thing you can do at all times is to talk TO Him.
Calling Him in second person pronoun instead of third person gives you this sense of nearness. He's not somewhere out there saving the world, He's right in front of you, where you are.
You might be a designer like me, or a sales person, or a minister in church, a business person, a chef, a marketing person, a teacher, a mom, a good student, a failing student, unemployed, looking for a job, single, married, waiting to be proposed.. These statuses of yours can change. So know that these are never your true identity.
At the end of the day, when your laptop is off, when the pen is down, when the kids are asleep and the lights are off, when you are just.. yourself..
That person will forever be "the one whom You love."
Be blessed, beloveds!
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