Into the Love of God

Entered into the Love of God we enter into the wild.

Entered into the Love of God we put down our presupposed outcomes,

We enter into process, and relationship, and the unknown future;

How might we live and have our being?

Entered into the Love of God we let go of control yet find our passion;

God backs us as we risk forward in his love.

Entered into the Love of God passivity melts away,

Denials lose hold, truth becomes real and personal,

Our lives are changed, renewed, transformed, free.

Entered into the Love of God holiness begins to take hold;

We realize that to deny kindness, righteousness, or grace, we harm self.

Entered into the Love of God the world opens up before us;

We find friends where we assumed enemies,

We find humanity where we imagined evil,

We find ease and gladness where we once feared.

Entered into the Love of God slowly yet surely the worst things about life

Submit to the healing touch of Jesus Christ,

Specifically, intentionally, bit by bit;

Healed.

Entered into the Love of God we find courage, peace, and life.

Entered into the Love of God we find deep abiding presence,

Shalom, Sulha,

A Welcome,

An Invitation;

There is no compulsion, no rush to be fixed,

Wholeness is not a prerequisite of doing life with God,

Merely an outcome by and by.

Entered into the Love of God we find the deepest acceptance of self,

And of others,

Of life,

And love.