Station 5: “Lead Us From Hate to Love”

by Carrie, Leo, and Andre Dirks-Amodeo

Lead us from hate to love – of self and others.

“There is a Jewish proverb, “Before every person there marches an angel proclaiming, ‘Behold, the image of God.’” 

Unselfish, sacrificial living isn’t about ignoring or denying or destroying yourself. It’s about discovering your true self—the self that looks like God—and living life from that grounding. ...the call of God, the love that bids us welcome, is always a call to become the true you. Not a doormat. The true you. Not an imitation of someone else. The true you: someone made in the image of God, deserving of and receiving love. 

Love is a commitment to seek the good and to work for the good and welfare of others. It doesn’t stop at our front door or our neighborhood, our religion or race, or our state’s or your country’s border… It often calls us to step outside of what we thought our boundaries were, or what others expect of us.”

- Bishop Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

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