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My friend stuck out the verse John 17:3 the other night... it didn't pop out at me like some verses, but I decided to read John 15, 16, 17 to gather more of a whole picture. And these passages definitely "popped" out at me...

John 16:

31"You believe at last!" Jesus answered. 32"But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

~It's funny to me how... it was even hard for Jesus' disciples to believe in him... & the people who lived in the time Jesus did.... and he was right there walking, talking, teaching, guiding them in the flesh. Hm... just struck me... & knowing all things Jesus said/taught... he wanted to give us peace about it... often for me, I tend to forget & start worrying or not trusting. But it's true... it is Truth... He has overcome the world. What a powerful statement!

~I'm not sure why that passage stuck out the way it did. That happens though... something we see differently than a time before!
Also this...

John 17:

22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

~I think that is so powerful... the prayer Jesus had for us. We could only know the love of the Father through Jesus, and in him, we fully know that Love.... amazing! I love it.
~I've been having a sort of calming revelation about certain things recently. I feel at peace about something that had been constantly tugging at my heart. I don't know what that peace means... but I'm hoping for the best outcome from it. I know God is faithful... I know God is true... I know he wants the best for me... and obviously he knows the timing in everything.

No other knows me like you do.