Friday, February 04, 2005
Unfettered Grace
Today I received a note from friends I have not spoken to in many weeks. It was an intimate and comforting message about my father.
The love that rose up from their message surrounded me like a warm glove.
It's impossible to understand how that happens - - how people with whom your connection has been tenuous nevertheless continue to give the gift of love with unfettered grace.
I have been on the receiving end of many examples of unencumbered love since my father died. Such love is so naturally restorative I cannot deny it's purposeful place in the grieving process.
I only hope that I will learn to return the favor ten-fold.
The love that rose up from their message surrounded me like a warm glove.
It's impossible to understand how that happens - - how people with whom your connection has been tenuous nevertheless continue to give the gift of love with unfettered grace.
I have been on the receiving end of many examples of unencumbered love since my father died. Such love is so naturally restorative I cannot deny it's purposeful place in the grieving process.
I only hope that I will learn to return the favor ten-fold.
# posted by Michael Christopher : 11:48 PM
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