If Jesus Were Here ...

I go to therapy. I think I’ve mentioned that before.

My therapist is a lovely lady. I’ve been going to her for a couple of years now and she gets me. Thank goodness. Someone finally gets me. :)

Anyways ... I went this morning and spilled my guts to her, as I usually do. The conversation went one way and then the other and at the end of the appointment she suggested something to me that she had asked her Seminary students to do once ...


She told me to use my God-given imagination and pretend that Jesus was physically by my side all day long. She said to do everything I would normally do, but with the understanding that he was physically standing or sitting beside me. (You should know He is reading this right now. What up, Jesus! He says hi.)

My experience with this, so far, has been a bit difficult. I realized how many times throughout the day that I forget about Him. I forget to consider Him in every decision I make, in every thought I think, in the way I treat people to their faces, in the way I talk about people behind their backs and in the way I think about myself.

I AM amazed at how calm I have been all day. In the moments when I wanted to get upset or say something negative about myself ... to myself ... I was able to kinda look over at the spot where Jesus "is" and think, “You think I am enough. You love me. I belong to you. None of this other stuff matters.”

I was even in the car earlier thinking that Jesus would be saying something to me like, “Thanks for inviting me to hang out with you today. I’ve missed being able to be this close. I love hanging out with you. This will be fun!”

And I had a tear form in my eye.

With all of that said, I’d encourage you to try this. Perhaps tonight before you go to sleep tell yourself that tomorrow when you open your eyes Jesus will be right there with you and He will stay with you throughout the whole day. Use your imagination and go with it. It might just change a few things in you.