Beloved by Jesus – Reflection on John 21:20-25
We make mistakes just like Peter. For instance, each of our God-given uniqueness meant for others can be forgotten and then remembered. However, Jesus does not abandon us. Our formula is simple: Jesus loves us, we can rest with Him, and what He provides us overflows outward to those around us. We do not need to desire what Jesus asks of anyone else or know the details of Jesus’s plan. God fills us with love in different ways but with the same joy of Jesus’s wonder. Each of us is beloved by Jesus. We are each a to-be-written volume in a ready-to-be-published book referenced in John’s Gospel.
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Additional Eastertide Reflections
John 21:20-25 – Scripture*
Jesus and the Beloved Disciple
20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” 22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!” 23 So the rumor spread in the community that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”
24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true. 25 But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
Additional Thoughts
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