i'm just trying to give you something of what i am...
we watched a clip tonight in hermeneutics from the movie "the big kahuna" and although i've never seen the movie, i was moved by a simple statement: "i'm just trying to give you something of what i am". as we talk about incarnational relationships and how we can offer dignity to one another, that phrase seems to capture something raw and beautiful. i've been thinking a lot about calling out the dignity in others, and inviting people to engage my dignity as well, but when i watched this clip i was hit by the pain that comes when what we offer isn't accepted, or is misunderstood. we cannot require that our friends, or anyone we interact with really, appreciates our dignity, sees it and embraces it. there is no guarantee that what we call out and what we offer will be responded to in the way we hope. i suppose that's what hope is all about: choosing to engage, to try to give something of who we are to someone, without any promises that we will be engaged back.
that's what makes it so sweet when someone sees you, when even for the briefest moment, someone looks in your eyes, sees you and all you're hoping for... and smiles.
we watched a clip tonight in hermeneutics from the movie "the big kahuna" and although i've never seen the movie, i was moved by a simple statement: "i'm just trying to give you something of what i am". as we talk about incarnational relationships and how we can offer dignity to one another, that phrase seems to capture something raw and beautiful. i've been thinking a lot about calling out the dignity in others, and inviting people to engage my dignity as well, but when i watched this clip i was hit by the pain that comes when what we offer isn't accepted, or is misunderstood. we cannot require that our friends, or anyone we interact with really, appreciates our dignity, sees it and embraces it. there is no guarantee that what we call out and what we offer will be responded to in the way we hope. i suppose that's what hope is all about: choosing to engage, to try to give something of who we are to someone, without any promises that we will be engaged back.
that's what makes it so sweet when someone sees you, when even for the briefest moment, someone looks in your eyes, sees you and all you're hoping for... and smiles.
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