"The highest bliss that is, is to have Him in clarity of endless life, Him verily seeing, Him sweetly feeling, all-perfectly having in fulness of joy."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 72)
The best and highest joy is to know that Christ is inside of us, giving us endless life, to really see Him as He is, full of love and grace and goodness towards us always, and to experience Him, experience His love and peace and joy in us. That is the fullest joy, just to have Christ and to know and experience Him loving us within. He is always there within us, always loving us, always accepting us, always delighting in us. No matter what may be going on on the outside, no matter what failures or flaws we see in ourselves, inside everything is perfect. Inside Christ is one with us and we are in perfect harmony in a perfect relationship of love, and all is well! It is the highest joy to know Him, to know He is within us, to know the high regard or blissful cheer He has towards us always, to know His love that passes knowledge, and to know that this relationship of oneness and love with Him is permanent and nothing we do, think or say can change it! We encounter Him within and see that this is what God is truly like, a lover who keeps no score of wrongs, a friend who is loyal no matter what the cost. a companion for the journey who will never leave us, a God beyond all imagining who always believes the very best of us, who is always rejoicing over us, who is tender and affectionate and merry and sweet!
"God said, 'Light up the darkness!' and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful."
2 Corinthians 4:6 (MSG)
"You have everything when you have Christ, and you are filled with God through your union with Christ."
Colossians 2:10 (TLB)
A Prayer: Knowing You are inside me always, loving me always, makes all the difference.