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Dreaming of a World Where… Joy is the Whole Point 

By Mindy Caliguire - Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I wanted to share a great poem from Lew Smedes’ Shame and Grace that I stumbled back on as I completed copyedits for Soul Searching

Maybe it will bless you today:

    
    A World…

    Where unhealthy shame is obsolete.

    Where healthy shame has lost its sting.

    Where we know we are of great worth when we accept the grace we do not deserve.

    Where bad choices of the past do not determine our worth today or forfeit our hopes for tomorrow.

    Where we dare to feel guilty where guilty we are, for we know our guilt can be forgiven.

    Where we celebrate our imperfections.

    Where we can feel silly without feeling shame.

    Where grace gives us reason to be proud of ourselves.

    Where the lightness of grace lifts the heaviness of shame.

    Where joy is the whole point.

Please be part of creating a world like that today…

back to work now…
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