Gratitude and Power

A life of authenticity, vulnerability, and moving towards what we desperately want (i.e. relationship) and are completely terrified of (i.e. relationship) all at the same time brings about some of the deepest feelings of gratitude I've ever known. One of the reasons I believe in Jesus' teaching is because he doesn't sugar coat anything. We are capable of the greatest evils and we are capable of the greatest acts of love and miracles. At the cross and in real life, He engages us in the light and in the dark. What I also believe is that a person who carries God inside him or her is that he or she is capable of doing things in this life that might be spoken of for eternity. It might be as simple and unassuming as treating someone with kindness and equality without pretense.