words to absorb

 Jesus spoke these words to His disciples a few hours before He was arrested.

John 14 

15 “If you love me, obey my commandments. 

16 And I will ask the Father, 

and he will give you another Advocate, 

who will never leave you. 

17 He is the Holy Spirit, 

who leads into all truth. 

The world cannot receive him, 

because it isn’t looking for him 

and doesn’t recognize him. 

But you know him, 

because he lives with you now 

and later will be in you. 

18 No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. 

19 Soon the world will no longer see me, 

but you will see me. 

Since I live, 

you also will live. 

20 When I am raised to life again, 

you will know that I am in my Father, 

and you are in me, and I am in you. 

21 Those who accept my commandments 

and obey them 

are the ones who love me. 

And because they love me, 

my Father will love them. 

And I will love them 

and reveal myself to each of them.”