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This sounds like where I am/have been. That is how the words "In Him" hit me this week. I felt I was walking for myself, but the truth of being "in Him" hit me this time as a knowing that I am a part of Him, even when I don't feel it. I can begin to function better as that piece of Him that I am, but I have not been away from Him. I've just been a bit still, maybe atrophied, but maybe just resting.

The weight of this truth and how many times we see it in Ephesians 1 has never struck me before, even though Ephesians is a book I have "camped out in" several times. This time, I read the words with a feeling of it being a truth that is not "un-do-able" by me. That is, that even though I don't feel it or that I am not working hard to be in Christ, I am in Christ. It's about what Jesus did through grace. It is a part of the spiritual wisdom and revelation Paul is praying that we will understand. When I am a part of his body, I can't just float away. He holds me and keeps me and maintains me. I can be in better or worse shape, but I am a part of him. It comforts med when I am in the waiting and not seeing my dreams come true to know that I am still a part of Him. I can still be strengthened. I may be growing. but I am in Him, in His body.

Hello, everyone. I'm from Denmark, formerly from Florida and Iowa. I am a psychologist working as a consultant for the Danish Ministry of Social Affairs (Danish Centre for Research on Social Vulnerability). I am married and mother of three. In my church I am on the prayer team and responsible for the pre-teen ministry. I also write for our church newsletter.