“Tender in spirit.”

H,

There is nothing wrong with being fragile. We all are. We are not made of the stuff that would break mountains. We are more likely to be broken. We tie everything to external opinion. We are all so easily bruised. This is not a weakness. This is being human.

The tender in spirit are going to inherit the new earth God is building. It is not for the callously weak. It is for the brittle strong and the shaking brave. We are not here to be strong as an act. We are here to be broken. We are here to find the humiliation in humility. These things we face are no accidents. They are the ways God makes us whole.

The tender are ripe for the glories of the kingdom. They are closer to the real human state than almost anyone else. We live in simple bodies and have limited minds. We cannot conceive or create anything infinite; we just act like we can. Our posture of defiance against the vastness of the time and space that we do not know is not a wise position to take. Wisdom is knowing that you cannot possibly comprehend what all life is. It is a story you have to be told. It is a story you must locate your place in. It is a story about the tender soul of all being becoming the thriving spirit of all time.