Claudia’s Thoughts…

Isn’t it funny that You are with all of us more than we are with each other…
…and the reason we aren’t with each other is because we don’t think You are!

Isn’t it strange that we have a tendency to flock with those who are like minded with us today…
…when the ones we reject now think like we did just yesterday when You were with us?

I can look back over my life and see that no matter what I thought of You…
…You were with me.

When I saw only parts of You and thought it was all of You…
…You were with me.

When I saw You as clearly as I could see You in that moment…
…You were with me.

When I saw You in complete error because I made You more like myself…
…You were with me.

You didn’t leave me. You didn’t forsake me. You didn’t reject me and You didn’t patiently wait to love me or fellowship with me until I saw You more clearly…
…You loved me as intensively then as You do now.

What is this strange perception that keeps us from being with each other as much as You are with us?
…Is it because we don’t know You as much as we think we do?

Is this why You repeatedly say ‘be with Me’?
…For the more I am with You, the more I see You as you really are.

And that is ‘with everyone else as much as You are with me’…
…no matter how our views of You may differ from one another.

But how can I be with another who does not see You the same way I do right now? If they see You ‘not yet here’ and I see You ‘here’ then how can there be any fellowship in that?
…Oh, I see! Father, flesh out Your words in us…to ‘love one another’ as You are already loving us!