Keeping the commandments

Dearly Beloved,

Grace and Peace to you.


"If you love me,
you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father,
who will give you another Advocate,
to be with you forever.”
— John 14.15-16

Beloved, I do love you,
and I long to keep your commandment,
to love as you have loved—
but I know my love falters.

I begin to doubt, begin to fear, to despair.

But I sit here in prayer, still.
Your Spirit comes and pours into me,
breathes in me, and sits with me.
I let the fear drain out of me.
I let my thoughts wander off
and I do not follow them.

Even as I wonder
if I can keep your commandment,
you become my Advocate,
the one who believes in me,
the one who loves in me.
You become my heart, my love,
my keeping.

I rest in the mystery
of your dwelling in me.


“On that day you will know
that I am in my Mother,
and you in me,
and I in you.”
— John 14.20






Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve

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