Rich Dixon is reflecting on Jesus.

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Most of us know folks dealing with some form of memory loss.

Earlier this week I was cranking my bike and praying for one specific person, a dear friend and devoted follower of Jesus, who seems to be fading into her own reality. And something occurred to me.

I’ve been assuming that this friend, who seems to be losing touch with so many of the people around her, was also losing touch with Jesus. What a silly notion!

I have no trouble believing Jesus could leave the splendor of heaven and become a real, live human being. So, why couldn’t he also step into my friend’s reality, this place that’s so difficult for us to comprehend? Why should I assume she isn’t experiencing his presence, perhaps even more powerfully than before.

I wonder if I experienced at that moment what my friend Jon described as divine insight. He says James talks about asking God for wisdom, and says that sort of wisdom often arrives as a thought or an idea we’ve never had before. It’s usually not the big lightning bolt we expect – it might be as simple as a sense of peace about a particular circumstance.

Peace is precisely what I felt as I imagined my good friend experiencing Jesus’ presence in what seems from my perspective to be only struggle and loss.

I wonder – how does Jesus hold trafficked children in his hands? I’ve often had a difficult time imagining his presence in those terrible moments.

I’m so prone to imagine Jesus as a human being who walks around beside me. Sometimes, I forget – HE’S GOD! And he has a way of hanging out in places we least expect to find him.

I can get awfully comfortable with my notion of who I believe Jesus is and what he does.

Thankfully, he’s not limited by any of that.