abundant

My female owner walks to her placement every Thurs and Fri. On good days (i.e. when she is calm and composed), she would pray along the way. As she started her leisurely walk today, the verse John 10:10 flashed across her mind: “I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly”

My female owner started to claim this promise of God. Although she had inklings of what this verse meant before, today, she suddenly experienced an epiphany, that it didn’t make sense for her to allow herself to live her former life, which was filled with depression, low self-esteem, low confidence and rejection. Living with depression is like a social fad at times. So normal and accepted by society. Deceptions of the devil. This is not God's concept of abundant life.

Ah, so she spent her time praying and rejecting these lies that she had been living with. Her joy, confidence and acceptance are found in the complete work of Jesus. Of course she might lapse into old thinking patterns and behaviours at times, but she has clearly made her choice today and has willed herself to keep praying and sticking to her convictions if she starts to wilt. As she always tells her clients, feelings are not facts.

She later found out through her study bible that this verse speaks of restoration to an individual and when God restores, He doesn’t just “bring back to a former or original condition” (as defined by the dictionary), He multiples. How comforting!