Jesus loves us the way we are, right? Yes, but … Wait! I thought Jesus just loved us as we are. He meets us wherever we’re at, and He loves us, no matter what! What’s this “Yes, but …” about?
We hear a lot about how Jesus meets us where we are. He loves us the way we are. No matter what we’ve done.
I had MS Copilot generate the adjacent image to show that.
We have a guy in a dark alley. It doesn’t matter what he did to get to that place of darkness. Or how dark it is. Or how much mist there is to hide things we don’t want people to know about us.
Summary
discusses the concept of Jesus’ love and the path to transformation and salvation.
Jesus’ Love: The page emphasizes that Jesus loves us as we are, meeting us in our darkest moments and offering salvation and the Holy Spirit.
Transformation Journey: It highlights the necessity of transformation, suggesting that without change, Heaven would reflect the flawed state of Earth.
Free Will and Choice: The text underscores the importance of free will, stating that God desires our love but does not compel it, and that we must choose to follow Him.
Love Reciprocation: It also poses a reflective question about whether we love Jesus as He is, challenging readers to consider their own stance towards God’s nature and expectations.
The content is presented in a narrative style, using metaphors and images to convey its messages about faith, choice, and spiritual growth.
Jesus knows it all already. And He’ll still go there to meet us, because He loves us. No matter what.
He comes bearing gifts, if we choose to accept them. Salvation, for one. The Holy Spirit, as symbolized by the white dove. The Holy Spirit will, among other things, help us to understand Jesus’ words in their deeper spiritual meanings, if we choose to accept His offer, and get baptized.
If we accept those things, and follow Jesus, He takes us up the stairway, from the dark alley into the light.
Now we have another image.
The white dove, the Holy Spirit, is now with us. “In us”, technically.
Jesus is showing us the way.
Heaven doesn’t come to us. We go to Heaven.
God, the Father, doesn’t come to us. We go to Him.
The path we take is one of transformation. One that prepares us for our destination.
It makes sense, really, if we think about it.
If everyone went to Heaven as we are, it would be just like here on earth. The fallen earth, with all its problems. If this is what we want for all eternity, then we don’t want Heaven. We wouldn’t like it there.
Transformation. Think of it as we’re lost, and Jesus is coming to find us. To get us back on track to where we want to be.
In fact, that’s exactly how Jesus put it.
God and me - this life and the next 
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