is a matter of trust.
At our core, we are all relational beings. Humans are fundamentally designed to be social. We find this evident in all realms of understanding from interpersonal neurobiology to anthropolgy…
We are all designed to be in relationship with one another.
One of the great tragedies of our day and age is that we live in a society that moves at pace so fast and is inudated with systems that can come in the way of us living into this relational reality to it’s fullest depths.
And being able to live into this to it’s fullest depths is what really makes us human and in turn feeling, whole, healthy and alive.
yet what we see and experience even on the best of days is this pervading understanding that there is brokennes, dis-ease and a sense of hopelessness all around us
there is a brokeness, dis-ease and dread in me.
Thankfully, deeper than this reality is another truth.
A truth so beautiful that it has to be experienced to be truly known.
And this truth is that you are so deeply loved.
In the words of Tim Keller
“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.”
Everything good in life starts here.
In trusting that Jesus loves you so deeply because he knows you, sees you; all that you are, the good, the bad, the downright ugly parts of ourselves that we’d never share with any one.
Right here, right now.
He sees you and he loves you.
And this is his simply yet deep invitation.
To accept his love.
The love of a good friend.
This is also an invitation to be a follower of Jesus. To trust in his loving invitation to learn to love like him, as a good friend
