Fullness
When I think of the word "full" I think of meals at my in-law's house. My mother in law has the gift of hospitality. Her home is warm and welcoming, neat and cozy, and always overflowing with food when she's having a dinner party. She usually laughs when everyone has gone through the line, piling their plate high with meat, vegetables, and rolls--because after all have been filled it usually looks like no-one has gone through yet! There is still such an abundance left over that we can all take food home and feed our families for the next night too! Needless to say, we never refuse when invited to dinner at Mimi's! In the book of Colossians 2:9 we are told that "the entire fullness of God's nature dwells bodily in Christ." And we have been given fullness in Christ. That fullness, that "super abundance" that dwells in Christ now dwells in us if we have placed our faith and trust in him. It's not something we have achieved, strived for, ...