We all know God loves us, but God’s delight is a whole other matter. We need a God who looks beneath our sin and shame and sees a beloved child. A relational God created us for a relationship in holy communion. True connection happens when we are delighted in, brought close not in spite of who we are but because of who we are. Danielle Shroyer puts it plainly: “Who we are, before anyone else, is children of God.”
