Another cannabilized post (I always feel the need to tell y’all this – I feel dishonest if I don’t put the disclaimer that I wrote this to an email list and am now posting here!) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The context: a statement made by another listmember: I don’t know how God can even stand us (or something similar). My response, and some more thoughts, follow:<\/p>\n
I think here too the Catholic Church is different in our approach to humanity. God created us – each and every single one of us . . . filled us with his very breath\/Spirit . . . calls us temples of the Spirit . . affirms that we are made, male and female, in his very image . . . reminds us that we are the body of his son with Jesus as our head . . . loves us so much that our names, our very selves, are carved in the palm of his hand . . . tells us that nothing will ever seperate us from the love he has for us in Christ Jesus . . . reminds us that he constantly searches for us among the lost, constantly calls to us to enter into a relationship with him . . . loves us so much that suffering and dying were done for us even without us asking for anything . . . (all Scriptural quotations, BTW, just too lazy to look them all up and cite – but they are some of my favorite verses) \ud83d\ude42 God loves us, plain and simple . . . God wants the best for us (for I know the plans I have for you, plans for goodness not for woe . . .”) . . . I think we do God a grave disservice when we picture him as holding his nose when he looks at us \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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I remember reading that Calvin (maybe – I could be wrong) wrote that people were like a pile of dog poo. It snowed over the dog poo, making it look beautiful, but underneath it was still dog poo. Taking a sacramental worldview (the stuff of creation can be a vehicle for God to break into our lives), we affirm that creation is basically good, not radically corrupt as Calvanism (I hope I got that right!) and other forms of Christianity tend to affirm. While we have been marred \/ broken \/ set apart as a bone that needs to be mended, we are still, at our core, good \/ complete \/ holy \/ sacred beings.<\/p>\n
Just a quick note as I get ready to go to bed . . . enjoy! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And a quick question: what Scripture passages do y’all like that affirm God’s loving care for us? Let me know!<\/p>\n
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another cannabilized post (I always feel the need to tell y’all this – I feel dishonest if I don’t put<\/p>\n