i just realized i have two blogs. this one and "a sojourner of life". both are true to who i am. i am always trying to find a way to get to the center of who i am and that requires sojourning through life. i am amazed at where God has us now. sometimes i don't know where i am or what in the world i am supposed to be doing here in bmore. but i am trying my best to be true to who i know myself to be and Who God is so that i will not disappoint Him or others.
one of the things i am discovering about myself is that God has called me to love people. all people...not just the people who are lovely or loveable. i have been more challenged with that truth here than any other place i have ever lived. i am thankful for this part of the journey for that very reason.
many i know would not understand some of the people that i have come to love dearly. they have their ideas of what constitutes worthiness to be loved. i think God does not have the same ideas. God loves us as we are and where we are. that is what Jesus is all about. there were no prerequisites for us to do or be in order to be loved by God. Jesus came to die for everyone...it is His free gift to us, the undeserving of His constant grace. we just need to be willing to open our hands and receive that unmerited favor.
what about you...are you ready to open your hands and take the hand of Jesus as He goes among all people offering love and grace? i hope so, because it is a beautiful, sometimes heartbreaking part of the journey. but so very worth it all.
love and peace abide.
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What a wonderful calling to receive, the calling to love all kinds of people. It's clear to me that you have been gifted for that calling. Wouldn't the world be an amazing place if more people were able to quiet their inner noise and hear what God is calling them to be.
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