Last week I got to attend a Benefit Concert featuring J.J. Heller. She
Is an extremely gifted songwriter and very talented performer. She
was helping raise money and visibility for the Arizona Young Life
Capernaum Ministry. This ministry is focused on building Christ
Centered relationships with Special Needs Adolescents.
During a short intermission 50- 60 Capernaum friends where invited on stage to perform their rendition of ” How Great is Our God”
Their untrained and unrestrained voices were beautiful. Their outward disabilities where
clearly visible, but as they sang and worshipped there was a purity, a
radiance, and a joy that was released from a place in them that was
anything but disabled. Our outside abilities or disabilities may be
the least important part of connecting with others, ourself and God.
In truth we are all a combination of abilities and disabilities. The
only real difference between people is which one show and which ones
are hidden.
Who will love me for me
Not for what I have done
Or who I will become.
Who will love me for me
Cause nobody has shown me
What love
What Love
really means.
J.J. Heller
Our daughters are looking and hoping to be loved for all of who they
are, and all of who they aren’t both inside and out.
They may be hoping that their abilities will bring them love, acceptance and affirmation.
They may be hiding or covering up their inabilities, disabilities and flaws from a concern or fear
that these limitations will disqualify them from being loved.
But past all of their hopes and fears, their abilities and vulnerabilities is a deep desire to be Fully Known and Fully Loved.
It takes amazing grace to give this gift, and a fairly large dose of grace to receive it.
Real love is usually miraculous and messy and it’s always worth it.
There is a Perfect Love that drives out all fear. It is a Love that
makes fear retreat. It is a Love that gives us courage to stand in the
open, to face the crowd around us and sing out loud and off key, ” How
Great is our God.” Let’s show our daughters today, what love really means.
Grace and Peace,
Dr. Don Worcester
