Daily Meditation: Claiming the Identity of Jesus

Tuesday June 3, 2014 Claiming the Identity of Jesus When we think about Jesus as that exceptional, unusual person who lived long ago and whose life and words continue to inspire us, we might avoid the realisation that Jesus wants us to be like him.  Jesus himself keeps saying in many ways that he, the Beloved Child of God, came to reveal to us that we too are God's beloved children, loved with the same unconditional divine love. John writes to his people:  "You must see what great love the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God's children - which is what we are."  (1 John 3:1).   This is the great challenge of the spiritual life:  to claim the identity of Jesus for ourselves and to say:  "We are the living Christ today!"   Comment on this Daily Meditation.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.

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