Not Beethoven, conclusion. For now.

Let’s review —

“I’ve forgiven myself for not being Beethoven.”

God’s greatest glory is a human being fully alive.

Fully Human, Fully Alive

God is forever loving you. 

You do not have to change, grow, 

or be good in order to be loved. 

Rather you are loved so that 

you can change, grow, and be good.

…and so…

God is forever loving me. 

I do not have to change, grow, 

or be good in order to be loved. 

Rather I am loved so that 

I can change, grow, and be good.

The God I know would say to the person striving to earn or be worthy of his love: “You have it backwards. You are trying to change so that you can win my love. It just doesn’t and cannot work that way.“

After discharging painful emotions, verbally or nonverbally, we can usually think more clearly. Heavy emotions tend to bend the mind out of shape. This emotional clearance is like clearing the air or silencing a deafening noise.An overload of emotions almost always obscures one’s vision beyond recognition.

Having a friend who provides the needed atmosphere for free emotional communication is an invaluable help to vision therapy and personal growth.

— What’s your next step, in light of what Christ Jesus says in John 10:1-10?