Daily writing prompt

What relationships have a positive impact on you?

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I try to be like Simeon. You can too. He’s a guy in the Bible. Take a look at Luke 2:25-32.

Listen to the Holy Spirit’s revelation and move as He moves you and He will lead you to recognize and receive the living Jesus even when others are unaware of His presence and majesty. Then, even though other people may not notice the light of Christ’s revelation and glory, you (like Simeon) will overflow with gratitude, peace, and praise.

In the 21st century, Jesus is much more available than He was in Simeon’s time. For about 33 years Jesus was limited to the confines of a human body, but after His crucifixion, bodily resurrection, and physical entrance into the supernatural realm of Heaven, He returned in the person of the Holy Spirit. Now we can welcome Him into the temple of our body and stay continually connected with Him heart-to-heart wherever we are and wherever we go.

The relationship that has the greatest positive impact on me is the one I have with Jesus. I woke up this morning with the revelation and glory of the poem below forming in my heart to greet me. I like Simeon can interact with the living Jesus, but unlike Simeon there no limits to when and where I can spend time with Christ.

Jesus isn’t seasonal.
Jesus isn’t regional.
He’s everywhere
All the time.