Feeling Bad? - B
Soul Snack 9/209 ... Feeling Bad? - B
There is a father in heaven who has sent his only son to earth. There was a son on earth that simply lived in love for his father.
This son was heralded and hounded, acclaimed and abused, blessed and broken! In his pierced hands He held the cup of sorrow. He was too familiar with suffering and was not handsome in appearance.
Beaten beyond recognition, asailed in His soul and spirit while mercilessly pinned to an ancient tree, He still held Himelf correctly.
Amidst half-brothers He still knew His identity as the Son. Amidst a mountain of rejection He still counted Himself as absorbed for another. In the deepest pain, He still got 'self' correct.
The battle for a good life is the battle for a correct 'self'. To see me as the Father sees me, is to see myself in heaven.
To live as the Father would have me live is to taste heaven on earth.
Self-deprecation nor self-elevation is from heaven.
It is from heaven that the true 'self' is received.
The true 'self' is neither located in my pains or my pleasures, it is simply located and found 'out of this world.'
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, Eph 2:6
A vision of self is always correct when viewed through the window of heaven.