to all who are beloved

This heavily edited excerpt from Saturday's thing:

Intimacy with God can only be accomplished by a heart that treats God as its one and only love. I think one of the sweetest things in the Bible is how throughout the book of John, the author refers to himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved. That’s how John identifies himself: I am God’s beloved. I honestly believe that one of the reasons all four of the gospel writers include the description of the Last Supper is not just for our instruction on how to hold communion, but rather because it was an unforgettable, and very intimate event – Jesus cleaning the disciples’ feet, eating together, lying next to each other and talking. So the disciples shared that story with whoever would listen, as if imparting a fond memory. John records chapter 21 for us while the other gospels exclude it because John was there, and this intimate breakfast with His one and only love was indelibly memorable to Him.

This blurb in my head at the same time as this, one of my all-time favorites, and this, not an all-time anything, but the clear relation twixt mush to Him and mush from Him. Both will help fend off this.