Pros- Face to Face

During a quiet time, I was hungry to come to the Lord’s feet, just like Mary had, to worship Him. As I knelt and bowed, it was as though He was showing His face to me in a reflection of water below me. I tried to refuse it and look for His feet again, saying “No, I want to sit at your feet.” I was surprised to hear His reply, gently and jokingly He said, “It doesn’t matter how you position yourself, I am going to meet you face to face. I never get tired of it. I love being here. I love the meeting.”

I was reminded of 1 John 1:2 in The Mirror Bible. "The same life that ¹was ²face to face with the father from the beginning, has now dawned on us. The infinite life of the Father became visible before our eyes in a human person. (The Preposition ²pros says so much more than ‘with,’ it suggests towards; face to face.)

He continued, “You do not have to strive for my face, you already have it. I AM here; I never left. Nothing can separate you from My Love. This is what MY LOVE looks like – intimacy.

Not afraid of being close.

Not afraid of being seen and to not be afraid of being known.

Let us lift that counterfeit veil of deception.

You can believe.

You can receive.

Change the lens.

Change your truth for THE TRUTH.

YOU-nion (Union)

You in full communion with Me.

Intimacy is In-To-Me-And-See.

It is GAZING.

Me on you and you on Me.

The delight that runs between The Trinity poured out onto you and both poured back into us and released, because it cannot be contained.

You are not a vessel or container to hold but,

To behold

To be held

To be filled

To become.

Marinate, (be baptized) and included in our dance, then,

Take it out.

Take us out.

Pour us out.

You are a chalice, (a drinking cup or the interior cup of a flower).

Firstly, you drink deep on Communion with Us, then,

BECOME a drink for all those who thirst.

I could hear Him singing the words of a Simply Red song, as though it were a psalm …

‘HOME.’

What's worth nothing else but love

Take a walk down any street now

Every one of us, in our own little world

Looking for a heart with whom to beat now

What's worth nothing else but love

I'm prepared to take the heat now

What's worth more than anything else at all

To keep you firmly on your feet now

So, fake cool image should be over'

Cause I long for a feeling of home

Real life, depicted in song

A loving memory

After long, home is a place where I yearn to belong

Where the land meets the sea

She'll be smiling so sweetly now

I hope that she'll be here much longer than I will

My heart loves her with every beat now …

Home is a place where I yearn to belong

I could feel the longing of His heart to be so beautifully at home in our hearts, a place of rest where He can love us with every beat of His heart.

John 1:14 The Mirror Bible: “Suddenly the invisible eternal Word takes on visible form. The Incarnation. In him and now confirmed in us. The most accurate tangible display of God’s eternal thought finds expression in human life. The Word became a human being; we are his address; he resides in us. He captivates our gaze. The glory we see there is not a religious replica; he is the authentic begotten Son. The glory (that Adam lost) returns in fullness. Only grace can communicate truth in such complete context.” 

How amazing to consider how wonderfully and beautifully created and loved we are and by grace we can surrender and receive the fullness of Christ, the Father and The Holy Spirit making us their address, home in us, enabling us to rest in the unconditional love; to receive and take it out.

I’m in! It’s a YES from me, what about you?

Teresa Warder