Strong in His Strength

This is Ash. Short for Asher. He's our little guy--full of gumption, and very active. He's a little bigger now. His pose reminds me how invincible we sometimes think we are. Yet all the while we are but babes in the arms of Christ, the Good Shepherd. We are strong only in His strength. Our loving obedience is prompted and facilitated by His Spirit, who resides within. As faithful disciples, we are empowered by our Leader, not merely in a figurative or managerial sense, but in a literal sense. All of His callings are enablings, and all of His commands are promises, for Jesus actively works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure.