THE MOST SATISFYING LOVE IS TO BE LOVED IN SPITE OF BEING KNOWN.
DON'T WE RELAX INTO A STATE OF CONTENTMENT WHEN WE NO LONGER HAVE TO WEAR A MASK,
THE FUNCTION OF WHICH IS TO IMPLY WE ARE MORE "PRECIOUS" THAN WE REALLY ARE SOMETIMES?
WE CAN TOSS THE MASK AND ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE SEEN EVEN WHEN WE ARE UNLOVABLE.
WHEN WE EXPERIENCE BEING LOVED IN SPITE OF OUR UNLOVABLENESS,
WE'VE DISCOVERED WHAT LOVE IS.
WHEN WE CAN RETURN THAT ACCEPTING LOVE,
WE EXPERIENCE A MOST COMPELLING RECIPROCITY.
AND THAT, INCIDENTALLY, IS THE WAY JESUS LOVES US.
HE KNOWS OUR HISTORY, AND HE KNOWS THE SIN IN THAT HISTORY.
YET BECAUSE OF THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE HE FEELS FOR HIS CHILDREN, WHEN WE CONFESS OUR SIN, HE FORGIVES US AND RECEIVES US WITHOUT CONDEMNATION.
--Marilyn Meberg
Posted By: Judith A. Birt
Tuesday, September 9th 2008 at 9:40PM
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