In Christian meditation, we are re-aligning ourselves vertically. We're remapping our horizontal realities with a vertical view/perspective. Enabling us to embody that vertical perspective replaces anxiety and tension with a calm confidence.

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1 John 1:1 NIV

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

John 1:1–3 NIV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

John 1:14 NIV

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:12 NIV

…To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

1 John 3:1-2 NIV

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! …And what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him…

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