Especially when we can’t find it, when we insist that it is still true, that there is a balm in Gilead, we are making a bold and audacious proclamation: Proclaiming that all the while there is still beauty and kindness, that repair is just as real as destruction.
Imagine her thankfulness when she sees that there’s someone who loves her enough to sacrifice everything to go find her and bring her home.
Jesus came to love us beyond life and to show us how to love more. Don’t let anyone tell you different. Jesus will not be a cover story for hate, not for mine or yours or anyone’s.
One thing a little time away has made clear to this sinner is that I need you if the old patterns are to be broken in me. I need a community of people trying to listen to Jesus and to live by the light of his love.
“I invite you to see as Jesus sees. Because when you do, when you become the eyes and hands and feet of Jesus, I promise you that in that seeing, the seeing of others, you will see Jesus. And that sight will reorient your entire life.”