both and
what it means to be a christian
Dear friends,
This weekend was my birthday. (we made it to thirty-five 🙌)
This weekend, my 嫲嫲 suddenly (but not unexpectedly) passed away.
I like that being a Christian means that there really is space for both and.
For joy and sorrow.
For laughter and tears.
For celebration and silence.
For feasting and fasting.
For being and doing.
Because we have a God who deeply understands both. And carries us one step at a time through this wild and beautiful thing called life.
I like that being a Christian means my existence, my trajectory, my hope can be summed up in this song that David sang over 嫲嫲 during her final breaths:
And when my time on earth is done
And I am called into His love
Then He shall say by grace alone
“Well done, good servant, and welcome home.”
love,
reb
