Fenner, thanks for letting yourself feel on this one.
I think the proverbial, we, of the Church, can suffer from detaching from stories like this, and making them merely an intellectual hypothetical without feeling because we don't know anyone like it.
Instead I believe, and I believe that you do too, that we should love spectacularly before we ever meet someone like this... just like God loves us... before the creation of the world He predestined us to fabulous adoption as Sons (and Daughters) of God (super-paraphrase of Eph 1).
Before we were ever spoken into existence, God loved us so extravagantly, knowing what it would cost him to love us, he chose to love us in all poopbaggery anyway!
You rock, sister. I believe allowing yourself to feel is super commendable in this day and age
I think the proverbial, we, of the Church, can suffer from detaching from stories like this, and making them merely an intellectual hypothetical without feeling because we don't know anyone like it.
Instead I believe, and I believe that you do too, that we should love spectacularly before we ever meet someone like this... just like God loves us... before the creation of the world He predestined us to fabulous adoption as Sons (and Daughters) of God (super-paraphrase of Eph 1).
Before we were ever spoken into existence, God loved us so extravagantly, knowing what it would cost him to love us, he chose to love us in all poopbaggery anyway!
You rock, sister. I believe allowing yourself to feel is super commendable in this day and age
I haven't bumped into her in a while, we are just acquaintances, but I hope she's well.