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Corrective Love
Kathy Escobar posted the other day about providing “corrective experiences” to those who have been hurt in the past. How many of us have approached Christians with our wounds and have been offered more of the same instead of the love and acceptance we’re longing for? How beautiful it would be if the church could become a place where we could reveal ourselves in all of our messy realness and receive the gift of a love that counters what we might expect. Let’s commit to being that for one another and for those who tip-toe into our places of worship.
From Kathy’s blog post:
it gets me all fired up about what could be if we focused less on programming and more on relationship. less on theological correctness and more on practice. less on the surface and more on the deep places of our hearts.
yeah, my dream is that the body of Christ was widely known as an army of healers, people who…
blow minds and hearts away with Jesus’ radical love and acceptance.
spark some freaky feeling inside hurting people where they go “huh, that’s weird, i thought christians were judgmental”
ignite a flicker of a flame inside that says “maybe God does love me”
restore dignity where it’s been stripped.
build worth and value where it’s been destroyed.
are safe and healthy and embody what so many of us didn’t get in our broken families.
may we play our small part in creating corrective experiences where others feel God’s love, hope, mercy, dignity, justice, and heart for them through us–his flawed but willing ambassadors this side of heaven.
Category: General
Tags: Growth, healing, Kathy Escobar, Kingdom Living, Love, safety
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