Day 16: Courage

Jesus’ travels to the corners of the world.

Allow love to find you. What do you love about yourself?

Who is God calling you to love?

I can’t contain my excitement about this!

Out of all people, he noticed me, a poor, pregnant teenager!
Everyone will call me blessed from now on.

God’s love is so much greater than I can even imagine.

He showed his love for everyone, even those society despises,
the LGBTQIA community, immigrants, refugees, the addicted and shamed.
God knows black lives matter; refugees and immigrants are his beloved.
All the people who are seen as less than human, he knows and loves.

He lifts up those who are preyed upon by corrupt politicians,
the hungry, the ones brutalized by the police and ICE, and families without healthcare.

He invites each of us to the table to speak and tell our story, to be heard and known.
The power-hungry perpetrators who care only about their agendas don’t have the last word!

I can sense his presence, holding me and all his children close, faithfully liberating us.
Just as he promised he would.

—Ryan Kuja