Take time to be still.

To breathe slowly.

Think of a favorite name of Jesus.

Shepherd.

Bridegroom.

Teacher.

Deliverer.

Breathe in your name of Jesus.

Breathe out the words:

Love me.

Shepherd...Love me.

Bridegroom…Love me.

Teacher…Love me.

Deliverer…Love me.

Jesus…Love me.

Breathe this prayer often today.

It is a prayer that Jesus will answer.

He loves you.

I am the good shepherd;

I know my sheep

and my sheep know me.

Looking back, I find it remarkable how

easily I accepted ideas about God as

substitutes for direct experience of him.

It took me a long time to begin

to know God through my heart

and not simply my head.

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