Father Gregory Boyle, founder of the gang intervention program Homeboy Industries, writes: "Some people say 'God is good and God has a plan for you." I believe that God is good but also that God is too busy loving me to have a plan for me. Like a caring parent, God receives our childlike painting of a tree - usually an unrecognizable mess - and delights in it. God doesn't hand it back and say, 'Come back when it looks more like a tree' or tell us how to improve it. God simply delights in us."
Today, instead of seeing yourself as a servant, who is trying to guess what God wants of you and most likely falling short, disappointing God and maybe inviting suffering, know God as a loving parent, eager to give you all that you need and more.
Father Gregory Boyle, founder of the gang intervention program Homeboy Industries, writes: "Some people say 'God is good and God has a plan for you." I believe that God is good but also that God is too busy loving me to have a plan for me. Like a caring parent, God receives our childlike painting of a tree - usually an unrecognizable mess - and delights in it. God doesn't hand it back and say, 'Come back when it looks more like a tree' or tell us how to improve it. God simply delights in us."
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AuthorTarn Wilson is the author of the memoir The Slow Farm and numerous essays. You may read more of her work at tarnwilson.com. Archives
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