Not sure how long I can keep up this Pearl Jam-themed, "song lyric = entry title" thing. But I like it. And, in answer to my own question - I can probably keep it up a while. I'm a nut like that.
So... I love my little devotional book. Today's entry was about being, as a child of God, not doing.
I am. I am who I am.
Je suis. That was the first thing we learned in French class - well, other than Je m'appelle ___ (my name is blank). Je suis. I am. To be. Etre. To be.
Perhaps it is of no little significance that God loves us for who we are. It is an interesting idea... that God loves me, warts and all, mistakes and failures... and of course successes and triumphs, too.
To be is to be. To know thy self is to know that you are imperfect. To accept that you are imperfect is a tacit recognition that your imperfections are ok, that in many cases they make you a better person. For me, it is also a recognition that God loves us not despite our imperfections, but because of them... for not all imperfections are "sin" (and I'm not getting into what that means, yet...). Even if they were, God loves us just the same.
I know myself. I am.
And I am more than happy with that. It is good to be, to exist, to walk this earth as me.
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