25.2.14 LOVE

Dear Friends of Sacred Ground,

Love feels especially urgent today.

God loves us with particularity and delight. Experiencing the specificity of God's love changes the very core of our being.

And God's love invites us to a Love that seeks the flourishing of all. 

“When we choose love in response to what we wish we could change but can’t; when we choose love as our response to the world as it is, not as we wish it were; when we choose love over denial, or anger, or cynicism and withdrawal, we share in God’s redeeming of our world.”

~ Mariann Edgar Budde, How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith, p. 102.)

“When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am speaking of that force which all the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.”

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. (in intro to A Gift of Love)

How are we being invited to love today?

May you experience God’s particular delight in and love for you.

May you come to know your particular gifts and ways of loving the world.

May we learn to love as a community.

May we love with courage and deeds and open hearts.

With blessings and gratitude,

Jessica Sanborn

Program Coordinator