Meditations—points to ponder

John 10:10 (NRSV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. 

I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

It is a beautiful paradox that the more God’s we become, the more ourselves we become—

the “self” God had in mind when He thought of you before the creation of the world. 

She’s in there; she might be badly bruised and covered with all sorts of muck, 

but she’s in there. Jesus comes to call her out. 

The path is a dance between choosing and yielding, 

desiring and relinquishing, 

trying and giving up.

(i) The voice of Shame says, I basically hate ‘me’; I need to get rid of me.

(ii) The voice of Discipline says, I’ve got to fix me, because ‘me’ is not good.

(iii) God says, I love you; let Me restore you.

Stasi Eldredge—Becoming Myself: embracing God’s dream of you p5

John 10:10 (The Message) A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.

Note: the image below uses the words ... and live it more abundantly! I like that! 🙂