Jesus, Who are You? Part One:
About a month ago, I was really frustrated with myself. I was determined to be a good Christian, reading my Bible but lost every time I opened it up. “Where do I begin?” I wondered. “Where do I even start? What am I searching for?” I wanted to learn, and grow, but I did not know wh ere to begin! And then I had heard someone read from the book of John about the part where Jesus talked about “abiding.” “Abide in me, and I in you,” Jesus said in John 15:4. “As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.” This was a new concept to me, even though I had been raised in the faith, and knew about “following Jesus.” What was abiding? And what did that mean? I learned from this that on my own I was unable, and I wanted to grow and “bear fruit” and be close to Jesus. But how? And then came a struggle in trying to “abide.” I knew that I should read my Bible and pray and focus m...