Powerful Pronoun

There are times, if I am not paying attention, that I sit down to the keyboard and my fingers are not set in the "go" position. It is amazing what happens. My words look like this...,u eptfd ;ppl ;olr yjod smf [rp[;r vsmmpy imfrtdysmf yjr, - "my words look like this and people cannot understand them." 

In Scripture, there are those moments when it is good to shift words; especially pronouns. The exercise gives a new perspective and direction to the meaning. For example, here is John 17:20 as it stands in the text:

I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word...

Now let's change the pronoun - for illustration, I will use my name and a singular pronoun.

I do not ask for Norm only, but also for those who will believe in me through his word...

That certainly gets my attention, especially when I know that this is Jesus' prayer to the Father concerning those who commit to following him. Let's look at another. The italicized words are replacements of a plural pronoun for a singular or personal name.

Father, I desire that Norm also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me... O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and Norm knows that you have sent me. I made know to him your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you love me may be in him, and I in him. (John 17:24-26)

Now, substitute your name for mine. Doesn't the prayer take on a new sense of power?

I do not know this for certain, but I suspect, Jesus still prays that prayer, in some form every day as he sits beside the Father's throne. Furthermore, I suspect that he and the Father think of you and me from time to time when that prayer echoes in the halls of heaven.

I clap my hands and say GLORY! Thank you Father!