Matthew 3:13-17

This passage is where Jesus is baptized and in the book it says to practice imaginative prayer with myself being Jesus. In trying to imaging myself as Jesus, I realize I can't do this. I am so proud and so vain that I can't even pretend to be Jesus. My thought as I was waiting in line to be baptized in the Jordan was, "Why am I waiting here? I don't even need this." I am reminded of the passage, God's ways are not my ways nor are His thoughts like my thoughts... So high are His ways above mine that I can't even imagine thinking like Him. Then I hear God's words to me, "This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased." It sounds so good to hear these words. This is all I've ever wanted to hear, that I am loved by and pleasing to God. Lord, open my ears and my heart that I may hear you speak these words to me and help me to remember tht it is only by Your Grace that I can merit this statement from you. Help me to avoid all vanity and pride so that I may one day hear you say to me, "You are my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased."