Whoever has seen me has seen the Father

Lord, never let me go

John 14:7-14



Jesus said to his disciples: "If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him." Philip said to Jesus, "Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it."

Whoever has seen me has seen the Father

Lord,

When this all started two years ago I had such a difficult time seeing , trusting and approaching the Father. Now even though I do not understand, I feel more confident in Him and in my relationship with Him.  I see Him in you and He is quiet.  He is patient.  He waits for me to come to Him.   and He is not hurt by my distancing myself from Him.  He knows the neglect, the abuse and the fear that kept me from him.  He has watched as I have worked on conquering those things.  He has held me up and picked  me up at times.  Lord, I have more love and trust in Him than ever before, yet I still stand off.  I guess I have not really completely healed.  I get the fear of rejection still when I have dealings with a priest.  I know that the Father has never rejected me and yet that one  experience has left a mark so deep that two years later it still has some control over me.  Lord, I want so desperately to overcome that fear.  I guess I have narrowed down exactly what my fear is or at least what it is now.  Maybe it hasn't changed.  My fear is still that they will be mean and reject me.  Even though I am over the A thing, there is a residual effect still clinging on.

That will not always be there, it will fade in time.  It will fade as you trust and your experience shows that you can trust again.  Remember they are just human mean and they can be as insensitive as anyone else.  They generally are more sensitive and caring but they have all the same limitations as anyone else plus there are many pulling at them, like th crowds that gathered around Jesus, just wanting to be touched and healed by Him.  These men do not have that kind of power yet.

Lord, help me keep the right perspective and do not expect them to be you or even like you.  I know they cannot. Help me lover my standards and my expectations, Lord.

I will and you will.