“Follow me.”
—Jesus. [Mark 1.16-20]
Jesus,
you are not sending me off;
you are calling me to stay close to you,
you who go before me in my own life.
You are not asking me to do something strange,
but inviting me to be my true self,
to be who I am created to be.
You are not sending me to a foreign place;
you are calling me home.
The compass in my heart
already points to you.
Every moment you are going ahead of me;
you are right here.
Give me grace every moment to follow you
into this very moment.
—January 18, 2018