Fences, Freedom, and a Risky Proposition
Love Grace Mercy Forgiveness are risky propositions. They are ideas and mores that do not like to be confined. By their very nature, they must be free from constraint. Yet, we like to have boundaries and limits in life. They make us feel secure. The fences keep us safe from that which is outside that may attempt to break in, and they keep us secure from that which is within the limits testing what is outside. We believe that the boundaries help us understand what is right and what is true. We feel as though they give us parameters within which life seems to make sense. If we are honest, the limits do indeed provide such a sense of security for us. There is nothing implicitly wrong with these limits. The problem with these barriers is when they become immovable and impermeable, especially to our sense of humanity. Love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness are boundless. They fly in the face of our need for bou...