You know what I love about transformed people? It isn’t about them. Teachers, worship leaders, cup-of-cold-water givers, whatever. Made-like-Jesus men and women give what they have, be who they are – and there is no hook. They need nothing from you or me. No money, no “I like you”…nothing. They only want to give. What they have - which is wonderful - they got for nothing, so they give it away without cost.

Mature men and women are secure in the Joy of being Loved. They like being themselves! They no longer compare or compete. They have overcome rejection, and rest in the delight of self-acceptance, and others-acceptance. They are secure “in the bosom of the Father” (Jn 1:18) and from that Place they are infinitely generous. “God so loved…that He gave.” (3:16) Love gives.

That kind of grace comes straight from the Heart of the One Who is “full of Grace and Truth”. Life is no longer about production, it is about Relationship, one Relationship. And because that is where they live, and that is who they are, everywhere they go they brilliantly manifest Who Father Is. “And they marveled at the Grace that was coming out of His mouth.” (4:22)

Ah, we are all on the path, aren’t we? Well, if I can love you a little more purely today, if I can give to you a little more freely, if I can help you to see just how wonderful a made-in-His-image human being you are today…then I will go to sleep tonight a happy man.

I hope you have a wonderful, I-know-I-am-Loved day!