The hope that purifies is that we are what God says we are,
beloved children. I know the analogy to human parenthood falls short of the
glory of God but when I consider that God loves me in the way that I love my
children, Joshua and Mary Ruth, I am purified from all that would make be
believe I am less than I am; a beloved child of the Creator of the universe. The
love God has for us cannot be eliminated by all the things said and left unsaid,
done and left undone that limit our response to that love in the same way that
not a day goes by when I don’t marvel in the miracle and give thanks for the
gift of my children. This is the hope that purifies; God giving thanks for the miracle and gift of the child that is you.
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