I don’t know where my soul is.
I don’t know where my home is.
I find my soul and home in Christ. Sometimes. And
then I lose them again.
I’m a human person and I can’t imagine reaching the
perfection of truly loving everyone else as much as I love myself. We seem to be made self-centered, and
try to overcome the self-interest by following Christ’s example of
all-accepting love.
There have been times when I have felt almost
self-less. With one other
person. With the intimacy that
comes of relationship. It is the
give and take of relationship that takes us out of ourselves and into the love
of god.
Life is all about relationship. We are made to be with others.
As much as I love my introverted self, I can’t be whole
without others. Sure, I can call
myself an observer, a people-watcher.
But I need to interact.
God made my and declared that creation ‘good.’ The first relationship—creator and
created.
There needs to be beauty. There is a rhythm and balance in creation—light/dark,
order/chaos.
I am a creator.
A balancer. I seek order
(although not the kind of order that is boxed and stagnant. Those who know me, know that I don’t
just think outside the box—I don’t even know there IS a box!). But there is order everywhere, and I
don’t think god meant it to be defined and organized into stagnation. There is order in change and movement
that is beautiful beyond something fixed in time or place.
I create and balance to bring people into God. Into discovery of their goodness and
worth. Into knowing, KNOWING they
were created in love and are always loved.
Someone told me recently that they couldn’t talk to others
about Christ. It was too personal,
too overwhelming, too emotional.
Too
emotional?! Of course it's
emotional! You tell me that Jesus
saved you. That Christ is
everything to you. That Christ is
LIFE.
How can emotion be inappropriate?!
Laugh.
Cry. Dance and sing.
FEEL. Take
it. Pass it on. LOVE unconditionally.
Be at peace.
