We are Christ's presence in the world...

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 I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; 
          with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. 
I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; 
          your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
~ Psalm 89:1 -2

Have you ever thought that your life is the presence of the resurrected Christ in the world?  Although the life of Christ, shared through scripture, tells of what Christ did while walking among us for just over three decades, the real story is the one that Christ is living today as the resurrected Christ.

We can point to a timeline and have an understanding of when Christ was born to Mary, when Christ lived, and even died upon the cross, but what we often forget is that Christ rose from the dead.  That is the existence that we should understand the most, because that is the time we are living now!

Like many of us, I look forward to the day when we all may know Christ in the way that the Disciples knew him.  Being able to see his face and to hear his voice with perfect clarity. But until that promise occurs, we are that presence for the world.

It's not always easy being the living example of Christ.  In a world where "fact checkers" follow around people to listen and prove what the people are saying is true, how is it that those who live by faith, not by sight, can help to support the fact that Christ exists?

I would hope that our lives would become the facts.  Lived out in faith, hope and love.  All of which are supported by our actions.  For each of us, that is how others may see and know that Christ lives!

Stay in God's grip!

​G. Todd Williams (c) 2017

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Dear Lord, while others may need to see You in order to believe, may I live my life so that others may know that You are real!  Amen.

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