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We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, 
whom we have heard and seen.

We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands.

He is the Word of life.

This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. 

And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life.

He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us.

We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. 
And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
1 John 1:1-4 NLT

"Koinonia" is the word here for "fellowship" which means "what is shared in common".
John's introduction is inviting his readers (or hearers) into a shared shared story, a shared experience, to hold things together with one another.
And in the same way be connected with God the Father, and with Jesus.
Our stories will join up.
Our story, connected, shared, held in common, with the Eternal.
Is there something here in John's words that give us hope today, courage today, strength today, invite us into rest today?
#lettersfromJohn
#testimony
#koinonia

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