(From John 1) And the Word that created everything became flesh and dwelt [tabernacled; camped out] among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten [the unique One, the only One of His kind] from the Father full [completely filled to the top] of grace and truth.
This fullness [completely filled to the top] we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth [that fullness from the Father] were realized through Jesus Christ [the Messiah].
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God [the unique One, the only One of His kind, Jesus the Messiah] who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him [brought Him out; the unfolding of the Father; helped us understand who Father is].
(From John 14 – Jesus talking to His friends) If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him and have seen Him. He who has seen Me has seen the Father. I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His work. You shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me and I in you.
(And in John 17 at the end of Jesus’ prayer) Oh Father, I have made Your name known to them and will make it known, that the love that You have loved Me with will be in them and I in them.
May you recognize the grace and truth which you have received from the Father through the Son; that fullness of grace and truth to know the love that the Father has for you is the same love which He has for His Only Begotten, His unique One, His Son [Huios]. May you realize that the Father, your Papa in Heaven cannot love you less than He loves His own Son. May you know this love and that nothing can ever or will ever separate you from this love.
If Love Crafted Me
If Love crafted me, then my destiny is to love and to be loved.
If Love crafted me, then I am wanted…
I am secure…
I am loved…
and I am valuable.
If Love hand-crafted me in my mother’s womb, then that Love and only that Love defines me.
If Love crafted me, then I belong to Love.
If Love crafted and created me, then I am His and I am known by Him.
I am made in His image and I love the way He loves.
I seek to know Him and be known by Him.
I am captivated by His gaze and my heart beats in unison with His.
If Love crafted me, then I can rest…
I can be still…
I can draw life from the arms of Love.