Friday, December 11, 2009

Loved And …

Loved And …

The advertising insists:
You will be popular if …
You can be more … happy, fulfilled, beautiful, attractive … if
… you have
… you buy
… you possess …

The society demands:
You will belong if …
You can be a part … of the group, of the right class, of the right crowd … if
… you comply
… you dress
… you behave ...

The church proclaims:
You can be loved if …
You can be a part … of God’s family, of the righteous, of the heaven bound … if
… you are baptized
… you are born-again
… you believe and obey …

God shouts:
You are loved.
Not because … Not if ... Not when …
You are loved regardless and always … forever past and forever future.
You are loved in the darkness of your dingy stable.
You are loved and that love is sung by trumpeted angels.
You are loved in your smallness and incompleteness.

Because you are loved:
You can …
You can dare ...
You can be …
You can love.

December 11, 2009 – Santa Cruz de Yojoa

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