The priest gave us, what I would call, a guided mediation. He said to close our eye and imagine yourself where you are in the room.
"Okay, Father, I'm on the couch."
I had a vision of myself sitting on the couch. I thought this was going to be easy....
He then said to imagine Jesus walking toward you. I did, but from a side perspective. I saw Jesus walking to me, but not in the first person. It was as if I was another person in the room witnessing what was going on.
Then Father said to imagine Jesus sitting next me you. At this point, I realized that I need to imagine myself in the first person. So I was thinking to myself....
"Well, Jesus... there isn't any room for you to sit next to me. This side is the armrest and the other side of the couch is a drink console.... Well I guess you can sit here on the armrest."
As he went on in the meditation, Father asked us to look Jesus in the depth of His eyes.
I couldn't. I couldn't visualize the face of Jesus, because I had been distancing myself.
Later on in the mediation things got much better. Jesus wants to know us on an intimate level. He wants us to feel His heart beat. He wants us to fully embrace what He is offering us.
It was like I was giving Jesus a bro hug.
It was as if I want to know Jesus for a moment, pat Him on the back, and then move on with my life because I checked off prayer for the day.
No.
Jesus wants us to run into His arms and embrace Him like in the story of the lost son. To say, "this is me, these are my faults, right HERE is where I am most broken. Jesus, make me whole."
It all comes back to us. Are we willing to let Him make us whole? Are we ready to do His will... or does it just sound like a nice idea?
Run to Jesus. Embrace Him with your entire self. He will take you on an amazing ride.
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