Oh dear, a new post. I know, they've been so sparse....... Whatev.
My spurred thought for this evening: Sometimes I don't understand how some people can be so easily dissuaded by personal life, issues, problems, and pasts.
It makes my heart hurt sometimes that a person would be so terrified to reveal deep, dark secrets to people because they are immediately afraid of judgment. Who are we, if not hypocrites, to condemn them?
It equally breaks my heart to have someone reveal one of those things, and for them to be so touched by the positive reaction of the listener. I know... it's been me, before. And it hurt in my soul that my natural reaction of love towards a hurting person was the most unexpected reaction imagined.
We all hurt. We're all broken. Some of us, as the song says, broken till we shatter. We're as a whole, a scattered mess of pieces lying on the floor, interacting within the "shame" of our brokenness... our human-ness... and expecting other people to descend upon us in judgment for the poor shape our vessel contains...
Our vessels are destroyed. But love brings out the beauty in the pattern of these broken crystals, these broken souls.
It's love... it's all we need. Not just the love of an individual partner... but the love of our fellows.
I challenge you, today. Love someone who is unlovable. And I'll do the same thing. Maybe, just maybe, we can make a difference in this world.
And if nothing else, in one person's life.... you can make a world of difference....
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