“When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?”
They said to him, “Rabbi, where are you staying?”
He said to them, “Come and see.”
John 1: 38-39
Come and See
Jesus, you invite me to come and see.
I am amazed you stop what you are doing in all your glory and turn to me, little unimportant me, at any moment in my day and ask me what I need. I can cry out to you in my raw honest vulnerable state and you listen.
I can approach you with my questions. My doubts. My anger. My fears.
And you invite me to come and see.
You welcome my questions.
You are open to my struggling uncertainty.
You meet me where I am right now, not where I should be or will be or have been, but present in this very moment.
You accept me – your unsure, quivering child – with open arms.
I come to you, Lord and see you. Thank you for being a God who sees me too.
Hi Jean! And you know, responding to that call takes some faith too. Sometimes Jesus asks me to come and see, and I would rather not. I think everything is just fine.
I am so glad that he is patient, and will keep asking me, even as I do struggle with that ‘uncertainty’ as you said. He will welcome all of my uncertainty and struggle. Amazing.
Loved this. And thank you for your visit today! The adventure begins…
Blessings to you my friend,
Ceil
I love your honesty that sometimes you don’t want to come and see. How true! Sometimes I am afraid what I may find or what he may ask me to do. I do love the Emmaus story where Jesus met the disciples where they were and that reminds me He will never invite me into something that He doesn’t also come along and knows I am ready for. That does take faith though and times I struggle to find the courage.
So thankful that He invites me to come and see. I am focusing hard at seeing Him in everything this year.
I think Barbie the more we look and seek God, the more we find him too. Don’t you just love the invite to come and see?
There is so much here that ministers directly to my personal needs. I am so grateful that when we can’t get it on our own. God has His faithful children to deliver the message of grace, peace and love. Thanks, Jean.
wow I can’t believe I am five days behind on responding to your comment. I am so sorry. where does time go? of course I was gone three days this week but no excuse. So glad you liked last Sundays lectio Divina. Whenever I think of stopping this format someone says something that values them. I know deep down they help me so if they can help others in sharing, so be it. Thanks dear friend!
BTW, your posts are not being updated on my blog. Blogger says there is no feed. ???
Beautiful reflection. I have always loved this passage.
yes it is such a great passage. lots to glean from it. I have used it several places all this week in devotions. Saw your other message about not showing up on your feed. I switched to wordpress several weeks ago. I know when other bloggers did that, those who had them listed on blog rolls had to repute them in. Try that. I am still searching for a good plugin for my blog list and hope to get mine back up soon. will include you of course!!
Have a blessed week, Colleen.
Amen. Come see. Soak in. Go share. Thank you, Jean … love these words you’ve shared this morning!
Thanks for stopping by Linda.