I found these notes scrawled on one page in my journal from some time earlier this year. Honestly, I cannot remember the context. I often write during church services (riffing on a sermon point or quote) or between appointments. Most of my journal notes are to myself.
I'm mulling over these somehow connected expressions. After writing them down, I apparently went back and numbered them with a different pen in order of the logic I was bearing at the time.
Maybe putting them out there will help me or someone reflect bit on what it means to live with love in the face of conflicts or conflicted situations.
1. You are loved with unconditional love.
2. It feels good to belong and be looked out for--and to do the same for others.
3. As flawed as we are, we have the capacity to love and forgive and offer grace to our loved ones and neighbors.
4. We don't set aside the truth to love. We set boundaries based on the truth so love can be lived and known distinct from manipulation.
5. We don't have to live down our past. We are invited to start anew today for a future defined and guided by love.
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