And not only that, but God—the sovereign of the universe—is in this with us, too. And because of that, we can light a candle in the darkness; we can love.
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And we can celebrate those stories, we can celebrate the good that we see, we can celebrate the wonders that we perform. We can light a candle in the darkness; we can have joy.
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But the truth is that, even now, we can make crooked ways straight and even out the rough road. We can light a candle in the darkness; we can make peace.
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But the truth is that what we do does matter: we can weather the storms and floods that come, we can nurture God’s reign of love all around us, we can work with God to repair the world. We can light a candle in the darkness; that is hope.
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But God’s love is abundant, so let God be generous and join in the celebration!
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So cast your hope on God, come home with nothing, and receive everything!
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God longs to free everyone from the powers of sin and death and everything that makes life less; imagine what the celebration must be like as all of creation is brought into God’s reign of love!
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The hungry, the immigrant, the homeless, the beastly, the sick, the imprisoned, the enemy, and everyone else, are brought together as one people in God’s resign of love. And we can live in that love—even if only a little bit—right here and right now!
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So we love this way: we are for the well-being of even those who are against us!
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