See how very much our Father loves us, 

for he calls us his children, 

and that is what we are!

...Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. but we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:1-2 NLT

Right now.

Children of God.

This is our status and our identity. We are safe here, secure here.

But wait there's more...there's a transformation to come, a shift to come where we will be like Jesus. 

I wonder what that means? Still being me yet being like Jesus.

Maybe those negative thoughts that plague me sometimes will no longer do that. 

Maybe there's more to this than (finally) dealing with all my flaws, maybe there are new dimensions to being fully human that we don't yet know about, new senses, maybe some of the limits of our humanness will be removed...

Whatever this means, it's a good thing. Because our Heavenly Father has good things for us, and this transformation will be connected to loving God, and loving people.

Whatever this future hope looks like, we will see Jesus face to face.

And we will know what truly being a child of God means.

Right now, that is what we are.

#childrenofGod

#dearlyloved