Abiding

To abide in Christ--to live a life that radiates His presence in your life--one must accept--embrace--the "pruning" that replaces more and more of you with more and more of Him. No matter how severe the heartache that comes with the "cutting away," the richness of a sense of His abiding presence in your life will overwhelm the sorrow with His incomprehensible joy. Can there be a greater testimony than the one given His disciples by the enemies of the cross? "They have been with Jesus."