Much Afraid and Perfect Love
My friend JJ and I had a really good discussion the other day. We talked about things that go on but that we can't see, how the Bible is very elusive in its hints about spiritual warfare, and how, while this can be exasperating, is also gracious. How we have to trust instead of having tangible facts , and how trust is really all we have anyway. How hard of a grace that is to live in. We talked about age, how it seems that one grows older with experience, younger with love. We talked about the odd connection that some people have -- she called it being on the network -- the connection where they hear other people's heart-cries. About how maybe, if you hear those cries, you could walk away rather than give yourself in responding, but you have to lie to yourself ever after. Walking away is not a good way to live. People call that heartless , said JJ. But they call it insanity to stay , I said. To stay when it hurts, to to remain in the fire by choice, can look like insa