The Christian life is not simply about belief—it is about imitation. To walk in the way of Christ is to let His pattern of humility, patience, and sacrificial love shape our own.
As Thomas à Kempis wrote in The Imitation of Christ, “He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness.” The Incarnation is not only God’s rescue—it is God’s invitation: to live as Christ lived, to suffer as He suffered, and to hope as He hoped. In imitating Him, we discover both the swiftness of His mercy and the slowness of His unfolding Kingdom.
My beloved ones, hear Me: life on earth matters. People matter. Pain matters. When I made all that I made, in the way I made it, I knew the weight of wonder and the ache of longing. I have taken on your time. I have experienced all you feel—and more.
I have shown you how to live at peace in a troubled world, how to be an unhurried and healing presence. I came in the flesh to be an example to you. I have come in the Spirit to be life within you. My rescue is fast—your adoption is quick as a hammer’s swing. My rescue is slow—millennia will pass before the fullness of My Kingdom comes.
Do not mistake My slowness for cruelty or lack of care. On the contrary, I am birthing a people of everlasting joy. That takes time. I am patient, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). I am with you always, even to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20).
So wait with hope. Trust My timing. Live as children of light in a darkened world. For the Word became flesh and dwelt among you, full of grace and truth (John 1:14). And behold, I am making all things new (Revelation 21:5).
Smitten With Goodness 