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Note from the Editor

Job by Veronica McDonald.

“We love because he first loved us.” —1 John 4:19 (ESV)

I want to begin our 11^th issue by saying, God loves you.

I know what you’re thinking: that sounds so cliché. Like something written on a frayed scrap of cardboard and carried meaninglessly through busy streets. When you read the words, they feel like stale air—weightless, lacking, and unprofound. But once you understand who God is, what love is, and who you are, “God loves you” is a statement that can radically turn your life upside down. As one of our poets describes it, once you experience the saving power of God’s love “The constrictions in your chest loosen, / Fervent rivers flow together, / vivify the dead ocean. / Worms in your head die, / you pass them.”* This is no light matter. This is no “well-meaning parent holding your hand and affirming all your life choices” kind of love—this is a “you are dead in your sins, and I’m going to bring you back to life” kind of love. This is a “you are groping in rotten muck at the bottom of a dark pit, and I’m going to pull you out and show you how to live” kind of love. This is a serious love, brought to you by the Being who invented the universe and created your soul. … READ MORE >

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* “After You Believe” by Phil Flott, Issue 11.

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