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 1 John 1 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The Living Expression
1 We saw him with our very own eyes.[a
    We gazed upon him and heard him speak.
    Our hands actually touched him,
    the one who was from the beginning,
    the Living Expression of God.
2 This Life-Giver was made visible
    and we have seen him.
    We testify to this truth:
    the eternal Life-Giver
    lived face-to-face with the Father
    and has now dawned upon us.
3 So we proclaim to you
    what we have seen and heard
    about this Life-Giver
    so that we may share and enjoy
    this life together.
    For truly our fellowship[f] is with the Father
    and with his Son, Jesus, the Anointed One.[g]
4 We are writing these things to you because we want to release to you our fullness of joy.

“Spiritual knowledge is to know things subject to subject (I-Thou), whereas rational knowing is to know things subject to object (I-it). There is, of course, a place for both; but most people have never been taught how to see in this deeper, nondual way, center to center and subject to subject—and that is the seeing that changes our lives.”
Richard Rohr

As I gaze upon Him I am profoundly moved within my heart. The view from my heart is uniquely different than the view from my intellect. Both views have importance. For example-

If I trek to the alpine lakes where I’m surrounded by majestic splendor and I my intent is to take samples of soil and water and air for analysis to help steward creation, then the view from my intellect proceeds before the view from my heart. I’m “on task” to do research and I connect on an intellectual level with the elements of, and surrounding, nature. Research is best analyzed by observing the object of research. 

If I trek into the same alpine wilderness to connect with the Creator, then my heart is enraptured, and my spirit is set ablaze with wonderment. I connect to the person of Triune God and he floods into my heart, and I flood into His heart. It’s becomes an intimate experience of knowing each other.

Today I choose to gaze upon “The Living Expression of God”, to touch and be touched by Him, and to hear His voice and find “The fullness of Joy” released from within me to as I spend time with Him. 

Rocky


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