3 John has found a tender resting place in my heart as this letter was written to a man whom he considered a child of his in the faith. John’s love and admiration for him is apparent, along with his desire for good physical and emotional health. John cared about the whole make-up of... the man…the spiritual, physical, mental and emotional being.
The tenderness of this letter for me is because I can relate so perfectly to his emotions because of someone in my life whom I ‘love in the truth.’ About 4-5 years ago, God brought a woman into my life through a class I facilitated on grief. She was in a deep state of sadness, desperately searching for comfort and healing. Over the course of these years she has never been satisfied with a stagnate level of faith. She has searched and reached higher even at her lowest. When she felt like she hadn’t anything more to give, she reached down in her God-reserve and accessed the things of Christ. She has applied everything she has been through in her past to understand her present. She works feverishly on her faith showing others the truth by which she lives. She serves to show truth to others through loving them.
I am so proud of my daughter in the truth and how she lives outside of herself. I both pray and desire for her the same things John did for his child in the truth. When God places a person in our lives to walk alongside we must pray for their complete health. We are made up of spirit, soul and body and they work in unison like a beautiful symphony. When our physical health is compromised it can affect our emotional health, and an out of balance emotional season certainly affects our spiritual health. This was John’s desire for his dear friend. We cannot just focus on one piece of a person whom God brings to us for mentoring. I read a statement this morning that made me smile and wish that the words had come from my thoughts. I am blessed by it as I know you will be.
“If you give a man the gospel, wrap it in a sandwich. And if you give a man a sandwich, wrap it in the gospel” Charles Spurgeon. So I say to my dear friend…daughter in the truth…I pray that ALL may go well with you today and every day.
I am so proud of my daughter in the truth and how she lives outside of herself. I both pray and desire for her the same things John did for his child in the truth. When God places a person in our lives to walk alongside we must pray for their complete health. We are made up of spirit, soul and body and they work in unison like a beautiful symphony. When our physical health is compromised it can affect our emotional health, and an out of balance emotional season certainly affects our spiritual health. This was John’s desire for his dear friend. We cannot just focus on one piece of a person whom God brings to us for mentoring. I read a statement this morning that made me smile and wish that the words had come from my thoughts. I am blessed by it as I know you will be.
“If you give a man the gospel, wrap it in a sandwich. And if you give a man a sandwich, wrap it in the gospel” Charles Spurgeon. So I say to my dear friend…daughter in the truth…I pray that ALL may go well with you today and every day.
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