"But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend, with whom I kept pleasant company," (Psalm 55: 13)
Those with whom we are closest have the greatest ability to hurt us. And when they do, we believe this to be a bigger transgression, and we often find it harder to forgive.
Close relationships require vulnerability. Opening our hearts and lives to another. It is a risk.
There is no greater example of vulnerability than God's love for humanity. God emptied God's self solely to reach us. To make God known to us----intimately. To break down every barrier so that we might have person-to-person contact with the Divine. Talk about risk.
And that risk has brought pain and sorrow. Throughout Scripture, and throughout our current history, there are piles and heaps of examples when we have caused God great sorrow and pain.
And yet God forgives. God sends the Spirit to comfort us, renew us, and give us the chance to stand again. To return. God meets us out on the road and, bringing us home again, God throws a party all because we are willing to try again.
What a beautiful love. What a wonderful gift. How can we share that love and gift with others today?
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