Get a head-start on heaven and ask God to give you a deep and divine oneness with your Christian friends.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. Reading through the Gospel of John, I stopped to meditate on chapter 17. There, Jesus prays, “Holy Father, protect them; so that they may be one as we are one.” I love that. Jesus wants his followers to be one in the same intimate, sweet way that he and his Father experience oneness. They have the same mind, they share the same heart, they honor each other. Now think about this: we are destined to enjoy this same intimacy with one another. So, if we are already united as brothers and sisters through the blood of Christ, let us act like it. Let us have the same mind and heart, always wanting to get closer, always wanting to honor each other and always rejoicing in each others’ accomplishments. So, friend, today you can get a head-start on heaven: ask God to give you this deep and divine oneness with your Christian friends, and then, act on it!
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