Santiago,
I may be poetic, but I'm much less effective at making myself understood than you by far. I loved it when you said,
" Yes, Jesus was Christ, but also a man who had to experience man's weaknesses. "
In this way, by this shared experienced, there is no difference between us and Christ. His sacrifice was merely to show us how, not to give us a get-out-of-jail-free card. As you indicated before, this growth of spirituality is a necessary realization, and a scary one. When I came to this realization, I was more joyous and more scared to the bone than I had ever been in my life both at the same time. Ever since, the one who was joyous has been tracking down those who were scared and healing them one by one. Sometimes, still, I am afraid. But it is only now that I realize that before I had been afraid all the time. I pretended not to believe in those things which I feared, when truly they were all that I did believe in.
I am very much impressed with your ability to speak truly and clearly to all on the board, without being clouded by anger. In this way especially I have much to learn from Santiago and Mark.
Peace,
Darrin |
