How I grew close to Jesus

Hello everyone :)

Welcome to my first blog post! 

Twitter inspired me to start my own blog to talk to you guys about Jesus and the love and relationship we share for him. If you have ever followed a Christian faith blogger, you probably have seen this post before. There are hundreds of them out there. I am sure you know to pray, go to church, read your bible and talk to God as much as possible already, but today I am going to talk to you about the two things I personally did to grow as close to Jesus as I am now and how I manage to feel his love for me every day.

I am a person who loves to daydream. Sometimes even involuntarily. When I sit at Uni and listen to my professor talking about early childhood education, I catch my mind wandering off and fantasizing about something. I do it when listening to music constantly, I do it in the bus, basically everywhere I go I take my imagination with me. 

A while ago, I discovered how to use this to grow closer to Jesus. I was listening to an Abide bible meditation to fall asleep (which I highly recommend) and closed my eyes and imagined Jesus. I imagined what I would do if I saw him, how I would start crying from happiness, and run into his open arms. How I would press my face against his heart. How he would stroke my hair, hold me, and what he would say. How I would tell him how much I love him. His clothes, his hair, his smell.

Over time, this became a habit of mine. Every night I would meet Jesus in my imagination and the goosebumps and happiness it would bring me were amazing. It was this incredible feeling of feeling him and being together with him.

Now I know, that I don't have to imagine this to be close to Jesus and actually be with him, Jesus is with us no matter what we do and where we go. But it helped me feel more connected to him. And it helped me feel as peaceful as I had not felt in a long time.

Another thing that I started doing recently is to write in a prayer journal. 

I usually start my entries with "Dear God/ Abba", or "Dear Jesus" and then just tell him about everything that has been going on as if I was writing a letter to him. I had been doing this before, without writing, just in my head, but there was something so beautiful about seeing it written on paper, it really helped me to feel connected and close. I have a physical journal, but I also write text messages (I use WhatsApp) to myself. They are instantly read and it's like texting Jesus like you would your best friend.

This is all the advice I have for you today. I pray that you grow closer to Jesus every day and that he blesses your heart with peace and health in these difficult times. 

Love,

Caroline