None of us ultimately avoids the reality of death, for all our denial; none of us can undo many of the “givens” we inherit at birth. Someone, not some new thing, has to free us, rescue us. Someone from above. Jesus would say to us, “I want to give you my love, my heart, my breath, the Spirit. I want to lift you into my own circle of love. Not after you are dead, but now, in this life, so that you feel forgiven, loved, free.”
