“There is vulnerability in being fully seen. We risk being defined by our blemishes. I trust few people with that picture, and only because I know they love me.
And there it is: love.
Again and again, God’s love calls us into its redeeming phos.
Can we trust this love enough to draw the drapes of our souls?”
— Rev. T. Denise Anderson
Commentary on John 3:14-21 for @sanctifiedart
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