Monday, August 25, 2025

Dear God,

Is it possible to love and hate at the same time?  I love people, all people regardless of religion, tradition and culture, politics and gender and sexual orientation.  I firmly believe if God loves me then by God's own nature, God will have to love everyone else at the same time.  This is my theology.  Anything less is simply not possible!

At the same time, I hate political leaders who separate people out by good or bad, blessed or cursed, real or not real, Republican or Democrat, allowed or not allowed and so on it goes.  Leaders who denounce people by their loyalties or lack of them, the color of their skin or citizen or not rank people by their worthiness to be cared for in our nation or any other.  How can this be so?  How can some be in and others be out?  Isn't every human a valued, beloved person?

While I recognize all people do not function to do good at all times, I recognize I am one of them.  I too am flawed, prejudiced and judgmental but I want to rise to a higher moral, ethical, loving and compassionate person.  I want to rid myself of all that I use to judge other people.  How can I ever eradicate all that is not good in me while getting closer in love with those just like me?

Help me love

as you love,

O God;

help me see

as you see.

Teach us love

once again.

Help us

lift one another

higher and higher

so we

can all 

rise upward together.

Yours, Andrea