A question was posed to Jesus, “What can I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus asked in return, “What do the scriptures say to you?” The young lawyer answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart… and love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus affirmed him and told him to go and do that. […]
So, Jesus told us how to love our neighbor by telling the story of the Good Samaritan. The robbed and beaten man had obvious wounds… easy to see. Most of us have non obvious wounds… that are more difficult to see If we’re honest, our wounds become most visible when we enter into community. Relationship exposes […]
Our non obvious wounds (that Jesus tells us need to be loved by others), are skillfully hidden, so for the most part, we go unloved. Love = showing our non obvious wounds (our true selves) to others and allowing them to care for us. Yet, we hide our wounds… we don’t want others to see […]
Last week we concluded that God remembers our wounded histories… their not forgotten. They are dealt with through the Cross of Christ, the repairing of the relational rupture with God caused by Adam and our own sin. But what about the lingering emotional wounds from our biological family of origin as well as other relational hurts? How are […]