What a great discussion, start to finish. One thing I continue to see in my brokenness, is that regrets, when met with the enveloping love and grace of God, are never lessened, but acknowledged in Love, to be transformed--the wholeness of being in process, like the blue water being diluted. It is beautiful to see this in the context of Advent. Thank you all. More to see as always. What a gift; what gratitude!
Thank you for these discussions. I mentioned to Chris Brewer on FB how healing they have been. My children and I endured a tragic death by an overdose 3 years ago in August. There was the end of a 23 year marriage prior to that. I say all that to say, I find hope and I find healing in these Advent discussions. In ways I don't think I had experienced until now. The hurt, the trauma, the at times still very much regret that I could not do more in marriage and more in life to help my children's father (who I KNOW is safe, loved, and free right now), but when Chris Green said "That's our hope. That every damage I've done, I will be given the chance to undo it. Somehow." That made we weep and I thank you. I know I cared and I know I tried, but I also still know I contributed to damage in my own way. To hear that explained to me in that way is life-giving. Thank you and bless you all. Sorry for long comment.
What a great discussion, start to finish. One thing I continue to see in my brokenness, is that regrets, when met with the enveloping love and grace of God, are never lessened, but acknowledged in Love, to be transformed--the wholeness of being in process, like the blue water being diluted. It is beautiful to see this in the context of Advent. Thank you all. More to see as always. What a gift; what gratitude!
Thank you for these discussions. I mentioned to Chris Brewer on FB how healing they have been. My children and I endured a tragic death by an overdose 3 years ago in August. There was the end of a 23 year marriage prior to that. I say all that to say, I find hope and I find healing in these Advent discussions. In ways I don't think I had experienced until now. The hurt, the trauma, the at times still very much regret that I could not do more in marriage and more in life to help my children's father (who I KNOW is safe, loved, and free right now), but when Chris Green said "That's our hope. That every damage I've done, I will be given the chance to undo it. Somehow." That made we weep and I thank you. I know I cared and I know I tried, but I also still know I contributed to damage in my own way. To hear that explained to me in that way is life-giving. Thank you and bless you all. Sorry for long comment.