love as jesus loves.

so love as jesus loves. 

love them with such disarming simplicity, 

love them with such unaccustomed tenderness, 

and love them with such infectious joy

... 

jesus saw a little child 
who wasn't loved enough 
 - a least of these -

who had ceased growing because 
someone had ceased believing in them. 

how have we missed this? 

how have we forgotten to love one another as he loves us? 

...

lodged in your heart is the power 
to walk into somebody's life and give him or her 'the courage to be'. 

you have the power to give someone
the courage to be, 
simply by the touch of your affirmation.

 {brennan manning}

no matter who we are, whether 'well-known' or 'a least of these', we are forever His beloved children. and we are called to love has He has so furious loved us... to share love, to be love, in our words and actions. to give one another the courage to BE, to LIVE, to BE ALIVE... to live in the truth that we are known, loved, and adored by our Creator.  that we have purpose, significance, destiny in Him. 

i'm absolutely loving this book, this man & his words. 

thank you brennan manning for so humbly sharing what you have learned with the world.