Advent- Love

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WITHNESS. Love is with. Not against, not away, and not forced toward. Love is with.

(Notes from Zoom Chat)

God with us: receptivity. Receive God as God. Easier to accept God’s holiness than his love. God finds a way to come to us in Jesus. We believe more in getting rid of the bad than nurturing the good in us. It’s about nurturing the garden not getting rid of weeds. The focus is on growing trees, not destroying weeds. We are gardeners, not guards.

Us with God. Us leaning forward toward God. Be with God without try. Meditate on the beauty of God. Silent with God. Be still and know God is with you. Absorbing the present moment of the presence of God.

Us with one another. The old lines between people of who is holy (set apart) and created divisions. Separate from each other. My holiness is better than your holiness and so we must separate. Can we be with each other? Can you be there for someone and not where you want them to be? The line that divide. Peace that you don’t have to have someone else cross over to your side. Move from definitions of God that separates to an experience of God that unites.