When I’m in suspense I’d rather Jesus belong to me than me belong to Jesus.  And that’s the issue for Jesus in today’s gospel. “You do not believe because you do not belong to my sheep,” Jesus says. What would it mean for you and me to belong to the works of Jesus? What are those works offering you and me in our suspense today? And what are they asking of us? I wonder what it would it be like to let go of our “if you are” statements to Jesus and instead start saying to ourselves, “If I am…”. If I am hearing his voice… If I am following him… If I am known by him… If I am given eternal life… If I am forgiven… If I am good enough… If I am “unsnatchable” from his hand… If you and I are all these things and so much more, then how will we choose to live our lives differently today? Christ is Risen!