Colossians 1: 15-23

15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, 16 for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17 He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together. 18 Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. 19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20 and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

Christ is the visible image of God... sometimes to see a visible image would be so great... to be able to sit in a chair and talk with Jesus beside me.. to physically hear His responses... that would be so awesome!!
sometimes I have a hard time equating Him with the level of awesomeness as God.. yet I know that He is... they are one... they are the same...

21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

hard to imagine myself as an enemy of God.. yet it is truth... separated by evil actions and thoughts... thank God He kept after me and allowed me to be reconciled to Him!!! I am so thankful to be in His presence... although I surely don't see myself as holy and blameless...

23 But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

continue to stand.. on the hard days.. on the happy days.. all days... continue to stand in and for Christ...