God wants You

God wants you

You in your imperfect, broken, shimmering glory

                                                Nadia Bolz-Weber,  Accidental Saints, p.169

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God wants you

not just the parts of you that are joyful

and gracious

not just the self that you present to the world

filtered

and ultimately false

but God wants you

all of you

the good

and the bad

the generous and the stingy

the forgiving and the bitter

the one who loves

and the one who hugs hate to his or her heart

the strong and the weak

you need hide nothing

you need hold nothing back

Sacred Presence is ready to enfold

to comfort

to transform

to empower

so that you can,

broken open by love,

allow your

shimmering glory

to shine in a darkening world