Easter (17)
  1. Jesus is the vine. You are His branches. And God the Father delights to bring the inside out.
  2. A wonderful intimacy, eternal and beyond our understanding, lies beneath the surface of these words. What is even more wonderful is how this intimacy is also ours. Through the saving work of Jesus, this intimacy is extended unto us.
  3. Jesus is not celebrating diversity or difference. He is promising sameness. Redundancy. A repeat of what has happened before.
  4. Jesus sees His disciples facing future uncertainty and responds not with details about dates and times and procedures to follow, but with His promise and His presence.
  5. We have one thing which will never change. We have a shepherd who knows us by name and who promises to speak to us in all of life’s situations.