Love ensures life. As we experience life in us, in the kindness, mercy, and forgiveness of God we also experience that God loves and God is love and source of life. It asks us to be open before God to receive that life, and also to show the same kindness and mercy to others that they may also receive life. The love of God is seen in reality when we are a living people. The purpose of sending Christ was the same, that we may have life through him. The injuries, pains, burdens, sorrows that we bear hinders the experience and exercise of the life and the love that is possible for us. Yes, love is possible; forgiveness and healing is possible, and so life is possible.
God who is alive in us, dwells among us, and enables us for a mutual nourishing and healing with the life that is in each of us. The grace given is not just for ourselves for an individual benefit. It embraces others, and mutually enhance the life. The bread that we are and that we have in different ways is to be taken in hand with generosity, break it against our will to preserve it as ‘ours,’ raise in thanksgiving, and hand over to others that it may be nourishing many who would not even know the source. For them the source will be a provident and generous bond that embraces all.
1 John 4:7-10 Mark 6:34-44
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