Vulnerability means to be hurt over and over again without seeking to love less, but more. Divine love is sheer vulnerability -- sheer openness to giving. Hence, when it enters the world, either in the person of Jesus or in one of his disciples, it is certain to encounter persecution -- death many times over. But it will also encounter the joy of ever rising again ... Being vulnerable means loving one another as Christ loved us.
If we did not have to forgive people, we would have no way of manifesting God's forgiveness toward us. people who injure us are doing us a great favor because they are providing us with the opportunity of passing on the mercy that we have received. By showing mercy, we increase the mercy we receive. The best way to receive divine love is to give it away, and the more we pass on, the more we increase our capacity to receive.
John 13:34
I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
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