GOT IT

trying again.--worship talk notes just talked to myself for 20 minutes in an empty ceramics classroom at 2:30am and i feel overwhelmingly relieved.
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we talk about this a lot in young life but
it is important to remind each other and ourselves the power that lies in being able to love like christ loves us.

as christians we naturally do not expect the world to understand and accept us, but often continue to have a hard time having faith that we will understand and accept each other.

that love does not have to be in fear
hear it in church all the time- we are reconciled back to God and also to each other.

Christ's power is shown in in our weaknesses- when we lay down, (or forced to lay down) our own pride and fear of loving others and letting others love us, we are exposed, but he is magnified in contrast

it is a countercultural concept - become nothing to become powerful. it is hard and we can't do it without him humbling our hearts first.

but it is not something to be afraid of- if we ask him to humble our hearts towards each other, we will be reconciled to each other, in the same way that we are reconciled back to him.

this kind of love that is available to us can heal our friendships and ourselves in ways we never thought possible when God wasn't in the picture.

when we let ourselves be vulnerable with each other as christ became vulnerable to us through his pain and suffering on the cross, to show God's love.

in young life, we can be a fool for christ in many different ways.
we can also be a fool in the sense of letting ourselves be vulnerable in faith that the more transparent we are, the more God's glory will shine through.

it is by our human nature that we want to resist this at all costs- we don't want to be exposed, judged, humbled.

the only way that we can begin to love each other this way is through Prayer-to pray that he would help us learn to love others like He loves us.

if it feels impossible- that's because it is. we can't do it without him. but it is so, so important to cling to as the body of christ.