Jesus, thank you for the fire. Thank you for Who You are, and that is Life. Thank you that You have humbled Yourself, to become a man, for me. Thank you for walking this earth, among people who did not understand Who You are, so that You could understand who we are. Thank you for immersing Your life and Your heart into the lives and hearts of people… for being an example of what Your children should be. In the face of critics and gainsayers, thank you for walking quietly in the security of Who You belonged to, for showing us where real life is, in Your connection with the Father every day, even in places void of love.   Among religious people who inwardly felt so empty, You stepped with the fullness of God, not expecting to be understood… only expecting to understand. Thank you for the tears that You carried in Your heart for them, and for us. Thank you for the tears You wept for them, and for us. Thank you for the healing touch You placed upon many a weary brow, and spoke sweet life into dead bodies and dead hearts. Thank you for walking those 40 days in utter loneliness and temptation, as the devil tormented and tortured you with his lies and wiles, for us… to remind us we are more than conquerors through You. Jesus, thank you for facing rejection and scorn from many hearts, and then total abandonment from those who walked by your side and listened to your words and learned from Your life… and for walking from that place directly into the hands of punishment and death, for a crime You did not commit, for me. The love that You have shown, the pain You have carried, the life You have lived, and died, and then lived anew… has given me life eternal. My heart is so full that I can only worship You through my tears today. I love You because You first loved me. You have proven Your faithfulness to this child through years and years. You have won my heart so completely, so irreversibly. In my heart, when I see You, it is standing in a place of intercession beside the Father, ever watchful of every heart that belongs to You.  Embracing Your Presence means entering the place where Love is so pure and so right, where my heart is known through and through, and the security of that place is completely unsurpassable. Knowing You are perfect, and You are God is overwhelming, and knowing You have walked the steps of a man even in Your perfection, and there is nothing, nothing we can face that You do not understand…. *tears*…. thank you, Jesus.  YOU. are my Treasure. I love You.