We cannot protect ourselves or our families, and this was never the point. But when we open ourselves up to the terror of love (because the underside of love is always grief) we will be joining in this endeavor with God, the one who is always being split wide open by joy and lament, children everywhere every day delighting God with their smiles and songs and creativity, breaking God’s heart with their cruelty and selfishness, harrowing God’s eyes with their sickness and accidents and catastrophes.
