9:52 am....

Alright so I've never fully understood the act of meditation. From what I can tell, it is thinking about an idea or thought for a long time. Viewing it from all angles. Letting it show you how it applies to your life today. So that's what I am trying to do here...

2 Tim. 2:11-13
"Here is a trustworthy saying:
'If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
If we endure, we will also reign with Him.
If we disown Him, He will also disown us.
If we are faithless, He will remain faithfull.
For He cannot disown Himself.'"

This is a trustworthy saying. I can trust it. I can listen to it and follow it and it will not fail me. Furthermore, I can come back tomorrow, and it will still be true. Statements like these are hard to find. So much applies to the situation. Hard and fast truths are hard to obtain.

The imagery of death and life is used so much throughout the teachings of the Bible. Understandably, when I ponder what it was to die with Christ, I think of the passage where Christ says we much each take up our cross and die in order to follow Him. This is truth. We much get out of ourselves and our "ability" to do what we think needs to be done in order to live fully in Him. The realization that we are not the end of the universe is a important point of humility that keeps so many from relating with You. I am also reminded that I did die. When Christ died on that cross, He died for me. As far as the record shows, I died. The point when I render that in my head and accept the repercussions is the point when I begin to live. So yeah, since I died with Him, I shall live with Him. Or so to speak... Since my death lies with Him, so my life arose with Him.