Romantic love is
blind to everything except
what is lovable and lovely,
but Christ’s love sees us
 with terrible clarity
and sees us whole.
Christ’s love so wishes
our joy that is ruthless
against everything
in us that diminishes our joy.
The worst sentence
Love can pass
is that we behold the suffering
which Love endured
for our sake,
and that is also our acquittal.
The justice and mercy
of the judge are ultimately one.
​
Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking

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