it’s alright, ma. it’s life and life only.

Today, I saw Jesus alive. I hid from him because I was ashamed. When He saw me, He ran to me. My body was weak and my knees buckled, but He caught me… And embraced me. As I held on to His white garments tightly, I cried ‘Don’t leave me!’ His words were like honey as He whispered in my ear, ‘I will always be with you.’

Bedroom on top of the Holmenkollbakken in Oslo

Slowly, I began to see that Jesus doesn’t call us to a life of ascent where we move further and further away from the things of this world. Rather, I believe he calls us to a life of descent, of downward mobility, where we move down into the trenches of real life, real pain, real hope in our own lives and in the lives of others.

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